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Arbiter Person N Count 可数名词   [Formal 正式 A:Bitə(R N.仲裁者,判优器;(时尚或风格的)权威,决定者

英语单词 arbiter
英美音标 ['a:bitə(r)]
中文释义 n.仲裁者,判优器;(时尚或风格的)权威,决定者
vocab简明 An arbiter is someone selected to judge and settle a dispute. When Doc and Grumpy disagreed over whose turn it was to stay late at the mine, they chose Snow White as an arbiter.
vocab扩展 Arbiter, from the Latin, means "one who goes somewhere as witness or judge.” The arbiter of a baseball game is called an umpire. In football and basketball, the arbiter is a referee. Arbitration is a type of conflict resolution in which a neutral person — the arbiter — hears the details of a dispute and makes a legally-binding decision about its resolution.
真题原句 The bans, if fully enforced, would suggest to women (and many men) that they should not let others be arbiters of their beauty.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]仲裁人;公断人 An arbiter is a person or institution that judges and settles a quarrel between two other people or groups.
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  • He was the ultimate arbiter on both theological and political matters.

    他在神学和政治事务上都是最终的仲裁人。

  • ...the court's role as arbiter in the law-making process.

    法庭在制定法律过程中担任裁决机构的角色

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](时尚或风格的)权威,决定者 An arbiter of taste or style is someone who has a lot of influence in deciding what is fashionable or socially desirable.
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  • Sequins have often aroused the scorn of arbiters of taste.

    闪光装饰片经常引起时尚引领者的鄙视。

来源 2016.1

Tags: 单词::2016

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