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."
人类语言使用这些,被语言学家费迪南德·德·索绪尔,称之为"符号任意性"的神奇把戏
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.
有的时候需要一点独断专行，但你做决定之前,不会得到所有的数据,在你想要进行变革时尤其如此。
This can only be attained through absolute arbitrariness.
这唯有通过绝对的恣意妄为才能实现。

And human language uses this amazing trick described by Ferdinand de Saussure, the great linguist, as "The arbitrariness of the sign."
人类语言使用这些,被语言学家费迪南德·德·索绪尔,称之为"符号任意性"的神奇把戏
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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.
所以人们就倾向于选择红灯，但是如果你想用实验证明,比如说烟蓝色或者,其他任何另一种颜色比红色更加醒目，那么你就忽视了颜色选择上的任意性。
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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.
语言符号的任意性是贯穿索绪尔语言符号学思想的一条重要原则。
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