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arbitrary的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈɑ:biˌtreri:]
KK音标发音： [ˈɑbɪˌtrɛri]

arbitrary的词性：
adj.（形容词）

1. Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle:
任意的，武断的：由偶然、一时兴致或冲动而非由必然、推理或原则决定的：

stopped at the first motel we passed, an arbitrary choice; arbitrary division of the group into halves.
在我们经过的第一个汽车旅馆处停下，一种随意的选择；将小组分为两等分的一时兴起的分派

2. Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference:
专制的，专断的：基于或遵从于个人判断或喜好：

The diet imposes overall calorie limits, but daily menus are arbitrary.
食谱规定了总的卡路里限制，但每天的菜单可据爱好自定

3. Established by a court or judge rather than by a specific law or statute:
由法庭的法官而非专业法律或法官决定的：

an arbitrary penalty.
判决的刑罚

4. Not limited by law; despotic:
不受法律限制的；专制的：

the arbitrary rule of a dictator.
独裁者的专制统治

arbitrary的词源：

5. Middle English arbitrarie
中古英语 arbitrarie

6. from Latin arbitr3rius
源自 拉丁语 arbitr3rius

7. from arbiter arbitr- [arbiter]
源自 arbiter arbitr- [仲裁者]

arbitrary的音标和读音：

arbitrary的词性：
n.（名词）

arbitrary， capricious， whimsical

8. The central meaning shared by these adjectives is “determined by or arising from whim or caprice rather than judgment or reason”:
这些形容词共有的中心意思是“由冲动或奇想而非判断力或推理决定或得出的”：

an arbitrary decision;
一时兴起的决定；

a capricious refusal;
忽发奇想的拒绝；

the butt of whimsical persecution.
异想天开迫害的对象。