网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 arbitrariness
释义 arbitrariness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈɑː.bɪ.trər.i.nəs/ us /ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i.nəs/

arbitrarinessnoun[U] (CHANCE)


the quality of being based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason:
The story is a lesson on the arbitrariness of fate.
There is nothing we can do about the arbitrariness of illness.
The arbitrariness of US state-by-state minimum wage laws is bewildering.
As an actor she's become reconciled to the arbitrariness of film and TV casting.
There was arbitrariness in the way applications were processed.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chance and randomness
accident
accident of birth
aleatory
arbitrarily
arbitrary
crapshoot
even money
fluke
fluky
fortuitous
luck
luck into something
more by accident than designidiom
more by luck than judgmentidiom
non-purposive
randomness
serendipitous
serendipitously
sortition
stumble into something

arbitrarinessnoun[U] (UNFAIRNESS)


the unfair and unlimited use of personal power: 专断;武断;霸道
Justice in this country suffers from a very high level of impunity, arbitrariness, and abuse. 这个国家的司法存在着非常严重的有罪不罚、专断和滥用现象。
See
arbitrary
The report offers recommendations to curb arbitrariness in police work.
It's a story about the arbitrariness of authority and power.
I feel blocked by a wall of administrative and bureaucratic arbitrariness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
ableism
ableist
agism
agist
Anglocentric
discriminative
discriminatorily
discriminatory
drumhead
elitism
one-sided
one-sidedly
one-sidedness
one-way
othering
two-tier
unbalance
unequal
unequally
uneven
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/2/24 3:49:03