1happening or chosen without any definite plan, aim, or pattern: The company has introduced random drug testing of its employees. A few random shots were fired. We looked at a random sample of 120 families. a random selection of women who were in the shop2at random without any definite plan, aim, or patternchoose/select/pick something at random The gang picked their victims at random.3informal strange, unusual, or unexpected: She's great - she's just so random!—randomly adverb: seven randomly chosen numbers—randomness noun [uncountable]COLLOCATIONSnounsa random sample· A test was carried out on a random sample of the cattle.a random selection· He looked at a random selection of the files.a random number· Pick a random number.a random sequence· They were asked to memorize a random sequence of numbers.random checks/tests· He believes the police should be able to carry out random breath tests.random violence· The family were caught up in the random violence that haunts a neighbourhood ruled by gangs.adverbscompletely/entirely random· The atomic particles seem to move in a completely random direction.apparently/seemingly random· a wave of apparently random attackspurely/truly random· a purely random sequence of numbersphrasesin random order· The names are in random order.
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随便地(40%)，胡乱地(30%)，任意地(30%)
adv.随便地，任意地；无目的地，胡乱地；未加计划地
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