arbiter

noun

1. 仲裁人；公断人；裁决人；决定者；权威人士
   a person with the power or influence to make judgements and decide what will be done or accepted
   1. The law is the final arbiter of what is considered obscene.
      何谓猥亵最终由法律裁决。
   2. an arbiter of taste/style/fashion
      鉴赏 / 款式 / 时装权威

1. N-COUNT 仲裁人;公断人
   An arbiter is a person or institution that judges and settles a quarrel between two other people or groups.
   1. He was the ultimate arbiter on both theological and political matters.
      他在神学和政治事务上都是最终的仲裁人。
   2. ...the court's role as arbiter in the law-making process.
      法庭在制定法律过程中担任裁决机构的角色
2. N-COUNT （时尚或风格的）权威，决定者
   An arbiter of taste or style is someone who has a lot of influence in deciding what is fashionable or socially desirable.
   1. Sequins have often aroused the scorn of arbiters of taste.
      闪光装饰片经常引起时尚引领者的鄙视。

1. He was the ultimate arbiter on both theological and political matters.
   他在神学和政治事务上都是最终的仲裁人。
2. Sequins have often aroused the scorn of arbiters of taste.
   闪光装饰片经常引起时尚引领者的鄙视。
3. He acted as arbiter.
   他充任仲裁人。
4. He acted as an arbiter.
   他充当调停人。
5. In this circumstance, the court acts as final arbiter on a difficult issue.
   在这种情况下，最高法院就不同问题充当最后的裁决者。
6. We need an outside arbiter to ask one of the machines to stand down.
   我们需要一个外部仲裁程序来要求其中一个节点暂时停止活动。
7. If one of the machines has crashed, the arbiter will make that machine stand down.
   如果其中一个机器崩溃，仲裁程序将让该机器暂时停止活动。
8. The Acme COE also sets up an architecture review board as an arbiter for contentious issues.
   AcmeCOE还建立了体系结构审核委员会，将其作为有争议的问题的仲裁者。
9. Take the crippling clashes over coal and iron ore. The role of the state and the judicial system is to act as an arbiter, setting and implementing laws that balance competing claims over the use of land and resources.
   以围绕煤炭和铁矿石爆发的破坏性冲突为例。政府和司法体系的角色是充当仲裁者，制定和执行法律，以平衡各方对土地和资源使用权利的对立主张。
10. The state, not the market, would be the arbiter of who gets what.
    国家，而不是市场，将成为决定谁得到什么的裁决者。
11. The act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment.
    作为一名仲裁人的决定的行动；给出权威的判断。
12. When the arbiter sees a bus request come in, it sends its reply on the bus grant line.
    当仲裁器发现有总线请求进入时，就在总线应答线上发送应答信号。
13. Yet Jacques puts too much faith in culture as the ultimate arbiter of a nation's destiny.
    但雅克过分笃信文化是国家命运的终极决定因素。
14. The count was an arbiter between the States andthefederalgovernment.
    伯爵是各州与联邦政府之问的仲裁者。
15. A programmable arbiter manages the priorities between the bus masters.
    可编程判优器用于管理总线控制器间的优先级。
16. Experiment is the final arbiter in science.
    实验是科学的最后仲裁者。
17. China's central bank is also the nation's official arbiter on matters of currency policy.
    中国的中央银行也是货币政策问题的国家官方仲裁人。
18. The government will be the final arbiter in the dispute over the new road.
    在关于新筑道路的争端上，政府将作为最终的裁决者。
19. She was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion.
    她是流行款式的最后仲裁者。
20. Australia joins the US in clearing the deal, leaving the European Commission as the final antitrust arbiter.
    澳大利亚和美国都已为收购放行，使得欧盟委员会（EuropeanCommission）成为最终的反垄断裁决机构。
21. An arbiter compromised their differences.
    仲裁者折衷调解沣了他们的纷争。
22. The instructor and the student agreed to submit this to an impartial arbiter, and I was selected.
    因此教师和学生争执不下，最后同意找一个公正的人来裁决一下，于是选中了我。
23. And who will be the neutral arbiter when nations clash over conflicting bilateral agreements?
    当彼此冲突的双边协定引发国家间争端时，谁又有资格担当中立的仲裁者？
24. The judgment of an arbitrator or arbiter.
    仲裁者或公断人的判决。
25. But in his league he is the final arbiter of what is "natural" and what is not.
    但是不管怎样，关于补剂是天然还是非天然的问题，在他的联盟中，他是仲裁者。
26. No big or veteran party can pose as the supreme arbiter.
    任何大党或老党都不能以最高发言人自居。
27. The customer is the ultimate arbiter;
    顾客是最终的裁决者；
28. I am Keeper of the Law-judge and arbiter.
    我是法律的维护者&审判官和仲裁官。
29. I looked on as an arbiter and kept the peace.
    我作为仲裁人在一旁观看，维持着秩序。
30. The Arbiter has more information on each of the events, and technicalities of game rules.
    仲裁有每一个活动的游戏规则和详细资讯。

  judge arbiter referee umpire【导航词义：裁判】

  judge n. 裁判员，评委

〔辨析〕普通用词，指比赛、竞赛中有权力对其结果作出裁定的裁判。

  arbiter n. 仲裁人，公断人

〔辨析〕指裁决对立两方争议事务的人。

  referee n. 裁判员

〔辨析〕通常指篮球、足球、拳击等比赛的裁判。

  umpire n. 裁判员

〔辨析〕通常指网球、棒球、板球等比赛的裁判。

noun

1. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
   1. the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature
   2. the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants
   3. an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case

   Synonym:    arbitratorumpire

2. someone with the power to settle matters at will
   1. she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion

   Synonym:    supreme authority