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."
雙語(yǔ)例句
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。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The law is the final arbiter of what is considered obscene.