| 单词 | arbiter |
| 释义 | arbiter (ɑːʳbɪtəʳ ) Word forms: arbiters 1. countable noun An arbiter is a person or institution that judges and settles a quarrel between two other people or groups. [formal] He was the ultimate arbiter on both theological and political matters. ...the court's role as arbiter in the law-making process. Synonyms: judge, referee, umpire, umpie [Australian, slang] 2. countable noun An arbiter of taste or style is someone who has a lot of influence in deciding what is fashionable or socially desirable. [formal] Sequins have often aroused the scorn of arbiters of taste. Synonyms: authority, expert, master, governor Collocations: arbiter of taste He was the sole arbiter of taste. Times, Sunday Times (2007) My wife has always been the arbiter of taste in our house. Times, Sunday Times (2015) What we did not know until this week is that he is an arbiter of taste. Times, Sunday Times (2016) And then, because the administration usually reserves the right to be the final arbiter of such matters, the faculty member is fired. Christianity Today (2000) The margin matters, although in itself it is not the final arbiter of team performance. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The court is always the final arbiter and it would be slow to deny a patient redress for negligent innovative treatment. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The court would be the final arbiter of any legal challenge to the election result on grounds of fraud. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He was the final arbiter of right and wrong. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?: A Life Through the Movies (2004) The judge replied that an independent arbiter could protect politicians from allegations of bias. Times, Sunday Times He claimed he was acting as independent arbiter of the offer while in fact he had substantial ties to the very people leading the buyout. Times, Sunday Times Sometimes treaties will provide for the seriousness of a breach to be determined by a tribunal or other independent arbiter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An independent arbiter hears the arguments and decides on a fair contract amount. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, as a safeguard she proposed independent arbiters to question the motives of anyone wanting to end their lives. Times, Sunday Times They should not preside as moral arbiters over tabloid stories of which they sniffily disapprove. The Sun To publish these pictures was a defiant gesture to those would-be moral arbiters. Times, Sunday Times Clerics and society's self-appointed moral arbiters raised their eyebrows at this obsession with material possession. Times, Sunday Times Those moralities might clash, but there may exist no neutral arbiter that can adjudicate: it may be that between equal rights, force decides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such a system would involve a neutral arbiter that would decide the merits of debt claims and process bankruptcy proceeding when countries no longer can service their debts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But shouldn't our doctors be the neutral arbiters in this situation? Times, Sunday Times The standard positivist view of empirically acquired information has been that observation, experience, and experiment serve as neutral arbiters between competing theories. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The referee has to be the sole arbiter. Times, Sunday Times He's the sole arbiter of time. The Sun He was the sole arbiter of taste. Times, Sunday Times Perceptions of political interference can never be dispelled unless an independent board becomes the sole arbiter of caisse affairs. Globe and Mail The priest, as sole arbiter in the matter, met the persons outside the camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 How specific fungi interact with seeds in tropical forest soils may be the ultimate arbiter in the struggle for survival among tropical trees. Smithsonian Insider This makes physical reality the ultimate arbiter of constraints on our freedom. The Times Literary Supplement Water remains the ultimate arbiter. Times, Sunday Times As a by-product of all this, the clearing system has become the ultimate arbiter of credit-worthiness - countries as well as companies. Times, Sunday Times The cricket umpire, the ultimate arbiter of fair play, no longer regards himself as a protected species. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 裁决者 Japanese: 裁決者 |
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