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aleatory

/ey-lee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, al-ee-/US // ˈeɪ li əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈæl i- //UK // (ˈeɪlɪətərɪ, -trɪ) //

假设性的,假想的,假说,假设性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Law. depending on a contingent event: an aleatory contract.
    • : of or relating to accidental causes; of luck or chance; unpredictable: an aleatory element.
    • : Music. employing the element of chance in the choice of tones, rests, durations, rhythms, dynamics, etc.

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Examples

  • This was the aleatory element in life, the element of risk and loss, good or bad fortune.

  • The aleatory element has always been the connecting link between the struggle for existence and religion.

  • It was only by religious rites that the aleatory element in the struggle for existence could be controlled.

  • The folkways, deeply concerned in the aleatory interest, work out the applications.

  • There is behind them an assumption as to the character and logic of the superior powers who rule the aleatory interest.