| 单词 | arbiter |
| 释义 | arbiter (once / 741 pages) n An arbiter is someone selected to judge and settle a dispute. When Doc and Grumpy disagreed over whose turn it was to stay late at the mine, they chose Snow White as an arbiter. Arbiter, from the Latin, means "one who goes somewhere as witness or judge.” The arbiter of a baseball game is called an umpire. In football and basketball, the arbiter is a referee. Arbitration is a type of conflict resolution in which a neutral person — the arbiter — hears the details of a dispute and makes a legally-binding decision about its resolution. WORD FAMILYarbiter: arbiters, arbitrate+/arbitrable: nonarbitrable/arbitrament: arbitraments/arbitrate: arbitrable, arbitrament, arbitrated, arbitrates, arbitrating, arbitration, arbitrator, arbitrement/arbitration: arbitrational, arbitrations/arbitrator: arbitrators USAGE EXAMPLESThere are no hard-and-fast rules to this process, but Jacomo is the sole arbiter. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Yet the research community often regards itself as the only acceptable arbiter of the way new inventions should be used. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) Even though audiences are invited to do anything, the artists are physically positioned as the god-like arbiters of an intensely constructed exchange. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) 1n someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature Syn|Hypo|Hyper arbitrator, umpire third party someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction evaluator, judge an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality 2n someone with the power to settle matters at will she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion Syn|Hyper supreme authority expert a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully |
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