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arbitrary 音标拼音: ['ɑrbətr ,ɛri] ['ɑrbɪtr ,ɛri] a. 任意的,恣意的,专制的 任意的,恣意的,专制的 arbitrary任意 arbitrary adj 1: based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; " an arbitrary decision"; " the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; " an arbitrary penalty"; " of arbitrary size and shape"; " an arbitrary choice"; " arbitrary division of the group into halves" [ ant: { nonarbitrary}, { unarbitrary}] Arbitrary \ Ar" bi* tra* ry\, a. [ L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See { Arbiter}.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. [ 1913 Webster] It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. -- Landor. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Exercised according to one' s own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. [ 1913 Webster] Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. -- Washington. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { Arbitrary constant}, { Arbitrary function} ( Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. { Arbitrary quantity} ( Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure. [ 1913 Webster] 133 Moby Thesaurus words for " arbitrary": absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, aristocratic, arrogant, autarchic, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, autonomous, bossy, capricious, careless, chance, chancy, cranky, crotchety, despotic, dictatorial, discretional, discretionary, dogmatic, domineering, doubtful, elective, erratic, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic, feudal, flaky, freakish, free, free will, gratuitous, grinding, harebrained, heedless, high- handed, humorsome, iffy, imperative, imperial, imperious, impetuous, inadvertent, inconsiderate, inconsistent, independent, indiscreet, irrational, kinky, kooky, lordly, maggoty, magisterial, magistral, masterful, monocratic, moody, motiveless, nonmandatory, notional, offered, oppressive, optional, oracular, overbearing, overruling, peremptory, petulant, precipitate, proffered, quirky, random, rash, reasonless, repressive, screwball, self- acting, self- active, self- determined, self- determining, severe, spontaneous, strict, subjective, summary, suppressive, temperamental, thoughtless, tyrannical, tyrannous, unasked, unbesought, unbidden, uncalculating, uncalled- for, uncertain, uncoerced, uncompelled, uncompromising, unconstrained, undisciplined, unforced, unguarded, uninfluenced, uninvited, unpredictable, unpressured, unprompted, unreasonable, unreasoning, unreflecting, unrequested, unrequired, unrestrained, unruly, unsolicited, unsought, unthinking, unthoughtful, vagarious, vagrant, varying, voluntary, volunteer, wanton, wayward, whimsical, wild, willful, zany |
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