English Dictionary

arbitrary

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/

形容詞

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

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

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。

意味（1）

(usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

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

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.

意味（3）

(mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.

The equation is true for an arbitrary value of x.

意味（4）

Determined by independent arbiter.

意味（5）

(linguistics) Not representative or symbolic; not iconic.

more arbitrary （ comparative ）

most arbitrary （ superlative ）