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(usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random. / Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.

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arbitrary

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arbitrary

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/

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前置詞句通常

(usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random. / Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.

日本語の意味

恣意的な / 独断的な / 気まぐれな

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The committee made an arbitrary choice about the venue, trusting each member's personal judgment.

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委員会は会場について、各委員の個々の裁量に基づいて選択を行った。

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Benjamin Franklin's designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary.

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意味（2）

Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.

The Russian trials were Stalin's purges, with which he attempted to consolidate his power. Like most people in the West, I believed these show trials to be the arbitrary acts of a cruel dictator.

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