1. 武断的;任意的;任性的;主观的
If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
e.g. Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
随意逮捕和拘留屡见不鲜。
1. Government support is by no means arbitrary administrative intervention with the operation of a particular cultural enterprise.
2. While it is reasonable to admit that there are certain criteria of market economy, it is incorrect to rigidly apply such criteria in an arbitrary way.
3. 911查询·英语单词
3. Almost all parents complain about the arbitrary fees charged by schools to admit children, but interestingly most of them end up paying them.
4. Affirmative action is also subject to arbitrary definitions of " minority ", for it is based on the volume of voices instead of real demographic data.
5. They are not coordinated across different layers of government, they differ from place to place and they may seem arbitrary or unfair.
6. Experiments should be conducted on integrated law enforcement to solve problems of duplicate law enforcement and arbitrary imposition of fines.
7. arbitrary的意思
7. The idea that rising costs eat up China's competitiveness is arbitrary in nature.
8. arbitrary
8. Even when condoms are available and their effectiveness known, decisions on using them can be highly arbitrary.
9. Moreover, data show that the problem of arbitrary charges is far from over.
10. arbitrary在线翻译
10. This is a silly arbitrary standard that doesn't take into account genetics or the body types of individuals.
adj
1. based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
e.g. 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