random
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈrændəm/
/ˈrændəm/
随机的,随意的(非事先决定或不规则) - the random killing of innocent people
对无辜者的随意杀戮 - a random sample/selection (= in which each thing has an equal chance of being chosen)
随机抽样/选择 - The information is processed in a random order.
信息是按随机顺序处理的。 - (informal) I find and play a lot of random stuff—Bach, blues, bebop.
我发现并演奏了许多随机的东西——巴赫、布鲁斯、贝博普。 - He grabbed a random pair of jeans and an old red shirt.
他随便拿了一条牛仔裤和一件旧的红色衬衫。 - She dodged the random items that were on the concrete floor.
她避开了混凝土地上随意散放的物品。
- Questionnaires were sent to a random selection of households.
问卷被随机发送到一些家庭。 - They interviewed a random sample of head teachers.
他们随机采访了一些班主任。 - Random checks are made on the goods leaving the factory.
对出厂的货物进行随机检查。 - The school introduced random drug testing.
学校引入了随机药检。 - Random numbers are generated by the computer.
随机号码是由电脑产生的。 - The group to be studied was selected on a random basis.
用于研究的小组是随机选择的。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- completely
- entirely
- purely
- …
- the random killing of innocent people
- [only before noun] (informal) (especially of a person
) not known or not identified尤指人 不认识的;辨认不出的 - Some random guy gave me a hundred bucks.
有个陌生男人给了我 100 美元。 - You don’t want some random dude telling you how to live your life.
你不想让某个随便的家伙告诉你如何生活。
- Some random guy gave me a hundred bucks.
- (informal) a thing or person that is random is strange and does not make sense, often in a way that interests you or makes you laugh
(人或物)不合常理的,出人意料的,不可思议的 - Mom, you are so random!
妈妈,你太不可思议了! - The humour is great because it's just so random and unhinged from reality.
幽默之妙在于它如此的出人意料又不受现实的束缚。
- Mom, you are so random!
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘impetuous headlong rush’): from Old French randon ‘great speed’, from randir ‘gallop’.