arbitrarily
adverb uk/ˌɑː.bɪˈtreə.rəl.i/ us/ˌɑːr.bəˈtrer.əl.i/
(UNFAIRLY)
disapproving专断地;武断地;霸道地
in a way that uses personal power unfairly and without considering people's rights and wishes
Local officials enforce rules arbitrarily and unreasonably. 地方官员专断、不合理地执行规则。
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- People have been held incommunicado for decades without trial and killed arbitrarily.
- The clergy became a ruling class that arbitrarily made decrees affecting people's lives.
- The police arrested and detained people arbitrarily.
See: arbitrary