arbiter

英 ['ɑ?b?t?] 美['ɑrb?t?]

TEM8GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?arbiters;

arbiter 仲裁

ar同前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根bain，同詞根ven, 走，-t，過(guò)去分詞格，見(jiàn)acrobat。指走來(lái)充當(dāng)裁判的第三個(gè)人。

arbiter (n.): late 14c., from Old French arbitre or directly from Latin arbiter "one who goes somewhere (as witness or judge)," in classical Latin used of spectators and eye-witnesses, in law, "he who hears and decides a case, a judge, umpire, mediator;" from ad- "to" (see ad-) + baetere "to come, go." The specific sense of "one chosen by two disputing parties to decide the matter" is from 1540s. The earliest form of the word attested in English is the fem. noun arbitress (mid-14c.) "a woman who settles disputes."

1. He was the ultimate arbiter on both theological and political matters.: 他在神學(xué)和政治事務(wù)上都是最終的仲裁人。

2. The law is the final arbiter of what is considered obscene.: 何謂猥褻最終由法律裁決。