arbitrary

UK:  ['ɑː(r)bɪtrəri]

US:  ['ɑrbɪ.treri]

adj.

1.任意的;任性的,随心所欲的

2.固执,独断,武断地;武断性;不分清红皂白

3.随意的

4.霸道的,专横的,独断独行的

5.任选;滥捕的

6.专断的

7.人为的

8.各种

1 . It would be impossible to insist too much on the arbitrary nature of the former opposition between art and philosophy.
在艺术和哲学古已有之的对立中，过分坚持它具有随意性是不可能的。

2 . That morning, Bouazizi got into a tussle with town inspectors who accused him of failing to pay a fine for some arbitrary infraction.
那天早上，博阿齐齐与镇上的检查人员发生了争执，他们随意认定他有违法行为，指责他不缴纳罚金。

3 . In my opinion, code has no place in configuration files anyway, and allowing users to execute arbitrary code is a bad idea.
在我看来，配置文件中无论如何都不应该存在代码，并且允许用户执行任意代码是个坏主意。

4 . A five-minute time span seems to be the emerging norm, but it's an arbitrary standard and protocols differ.
5分钟，似乎是一个临界点，但这里面还存在时间裁定标准的问题，且不同的协约也有所不同。

5 . But if you displayed that on a CRT or flat panel display, it would be meaningless to hold up an arbitrary object, a real world object on it.
但是如果你把它显示在投射或平板显示器上，然后随便举着一个东西，一个现实世界中的物体，它不会有任何含义。