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单词 arbitrary
释义 arbitrary
 —arbitrarily /ahr"bi trer'euh lee, ahr'bi trair"-/,  adv.   —arbitrariness,  n.  
 /ahr"bi trer'ee/, adj., n., pl. arbitraries.
  adj.  
  1. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion: an arbitrary decision.
  2. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute.
  3. having unlimited power; uncontrolled or unrestricted by law; despotic; tyrannical: an arbitrary government.
  4. capricious; unreasonable; unsupported: an arbitrary demand for payment.
  5.  Math.   undetermined; not assigned a specific value: an arbitrary constant.
  n.  
  6. arbitraries, Print. (in Britain) peculiar (def. 9).
 [1400-50; late ME < L arbitrarius uncertain (i.e., depending on an arbiter's decision). See ARBITER, -ARY]
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