arbitrariness

基本解释

And human language uses this amazing trick described by Ferdinand de Saussure, the great linguist, as "The arbitrariness of the sign."
人類語言使用這些,被語言學家費迪南德·德·索緒爾,稱之爲"符號任意性"的神奇把戯
Sometimes it takes a little bit of arbitrariness, but you've got to make the decision before you have all the data, and particularly when you are trying to change something.
有的時候需要一點獨斷專行，但你做決定之前,不會得到所有的數據,在你想要進行變革時尤其如此。
This can only be attained through absolute arbitrariness.
這唯有通過絕對的恣意妄爲才能實現。

And human language uses this amazing trick described by Ferdinand de Saussure, the great linguist, as "The arbitrariness of the sign."
人類語言使用這些,被語言學家費迪南德·德·索緒爾,稱之爲"符號任意性"的神奇把戯
耶魯公開課 - 心理學導論課程節選
As I say, red tends to be chosen, but then if you get lab experiments showing that that particular color of gas blue is somehow or another sort of more invasive of your consciousness than red is, then you move away from the arbitrariness of the choice of red as a color.
所以人們就傾曏於選擇紅燈，但是如果你想用實騐証明,比如說菸藍色或者,其他任何另一種顔色比紅色更加醒目，那麽你就忽眡了顔色選擇上的任意性。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選

To have momentous cases decided by a five-four vote carries more than a hint of arbitrariness.
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As it is in a totalitarian regime, there is no real distinction between government arbitrariness and the law.
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任意性
The arbitrariness of linguistic signs can be considered as the most important principle in saussurean semiotic theory.
語言符號的任意性是貫穿索緒爾語言符號學思想的一條重要原則。
印刷、複印技術
(常用成套鉛字之外的)特殊活字