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. 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. 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 |
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