at random 胡乱地, 随便地
- Soiled dishes were piled at random.
脏碟子胡乱地堆放着。 - By mere chance or fortune; at random.
碰巧;胡乱地;随意地 - The librarian took a book at random from the shelf.
图书管理员从书架上随便拿了一本书。
at random[ adv ]
in a random manner
<adv.all>
the houses were randomly scatteredbullets were fired into the crowd at random
Random \Ran"dom\, a.
1. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or
without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded
without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard;
as, a random guess.
Some random truths he can impart. --Wordsworth.
So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle
to the random. --H. Spencer.
2. (Statistics) of, pertaining to, or resulting from a
process of selection from a starting set of items, in
which the probability of selecting any one object in the
starting set is equal to the probability of selecting any
other.
[PJC]
3. (Construction) of unequal size or shape; made from
components of unequal size or shape.
[PJC]
{at random} in a manner so that all possible results have an
equal probability of occurrence; for processes, each
possible result is counted separately although the same
type of result may occur more than once .
{Random courses} (Masonry), courses of stone of unequal
thickness.
{Random shot}, a shot not directed or aimed toward any
particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun
much elevated.
{Random work} (Masonry), stonework consisting of stones of
unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor
always with flat beds.