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random

/ran-duhm/US // ˈræn dəm //UK // (ˈrændəm) //

随机,随机的,随机应变,随意

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
    • : Statistics. of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen.
    • : Building Trades. lacking uniformity of dimensions: random shingles. laid without continuous courses.constructed or applied without regularity: random bond.
    • : Slang. unknown, unidentified, or suspiciously out of place: A couple of random guys showed up at the party. odd or unpredictable, often in an amusing way: my totally random life.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that is random, or a random state or condition: different statistical methods used to estimate randoms.
    • : Slang. a person or thing that is unknown, unidentified, or suspiciously out of place.a person or thing that is odd or unpredictable.
    • : Chiefly British. bank.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Building Trades. without uniformity: random-sized slates.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.haphazard, chance

Examples

  • So when random researchers nudged them to establish new behaviors, they were already in a headspace conducive to change.

  • If information just seems sort of random, ask more questions.

  • Well, if your data didn’t come from random noise, the truth must still be out there.

  • There is also the tension of competition between parenting individuals like humans when it’s only a random 50 percent of their own genes that are going to get propagated.

  • Only a few variants will spread, perhaps due to random chance.

  • Reprinted by arrangement with The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company.

  • But by Wednesday evening there was little in the way of organized protests or random unrest in the area.

  • He did not shout “God is great,” but his random act served the purposes of ISIS almost as well.

  • Random House is also covering the legal fees of an innocent man called Barry who was caught up in the storm.

  • Random House agreed that all future editions of the book will state that “Barry” was a pseudonym.

  • Firing a random volley, those that lived turned and fled, pursued by the scouts.

  • The blows stung, and Black Sheep struck back at random with all the power at his command.

  • At random, I select four names from the printed list, and the new jurors file into the box.

  • The spot where his random blow had struck still gleamed transparent jet.

  • Now, you didn't nearly die at all, and death is not so trivial as we seem to think it, when we talk so at random.