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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