arbitrariness

英

美

n.  任意， 霸道，专横， 独断， 武断

BNC.26211 / COCA.24636

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 武断的;任意的;任性的;主观的
  If you describe an action, rule, or decision asarbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
  1. Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
     随意逮捕和拘留屡见不鲜。

英英释义

noun

• the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
  1. I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
  Synonym:flightinesswhimsicalitywhimsywhimseycapriciousness

双语例句

• Arbitrariness of language symbols is a widespread and controversial concept in linguistic philosophy.
  语言符号的任意性是个颇有争议的语言哲学概念。
• This paper argues that both arbitrariness and motivation are Lansign's basic characteristics and that they are a unity of opposites in Lansign's every aspect and category.
  其实，任意性和理据性都是语言符号的基本特征，二者有机地对立统一于语言符号的各个层面和范畴。
• On the basis of theory research and language application, this paper sets out to analyze and paraphrase the principle of arbitrariness of semiotics put forward by Saussure.
  从理论和语言运用上分析阐述索绪尔提出的任意性原则，指出该原则的适用性：不仅揭示语言符号的性质，同时对普通语言学建设起了促进作用。
• Iconicity, a basic feature of linguistic symbols in contrast to arbitrariness, emphasizes that symbolic signifiers and signified are motivated.
  符号的象似性是与任意性相对的一种语言特征。
• While there is some synchronic arbitrariness to grammar, not all of what is deemed arbitrary is so.
  虽然语法中有些任意的成分，但并不是全部都被认为是随意的。
• On the Unification of Trinal Properties& Arbitrariness, Motivation and Iconicity of Linguistic Sign.; Verbal Symbols and Non-verbal Symbols: Similarity and Disparity
  论语言符号的三重性&任意性、理据性与象似性的统一试论语言符号与非语言符号的共性与个性
• The arbitrariness of language symbols is the primary factor that handicaps an adults English vocabulary learning process.
  语言符号的任意性是成年人英语词汇学习的主要障碍。
• The newspaper exposes corruption in high places without being tamed by their arbitrariness.
  这家报纸揭露了上层的腐败，他们没有慑于淫威。
• But Gregory argues that genomes embody the very mix of adaptation and arbitrariness that Darwin had in mind.
  但格雷戈里认为，基因组恰好体现了达尔文的初衷：适应性和随意性的混合体。
• Arbitrariness As an Unbreakable Principle of the Linguistic Sign: Rereading Saussure s Course in General Linguistics;
  不可动摇的语言符号任意性原则&再读索绪尔《普通语言学教程》