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done, chosen, etc. without somebody deciding in advance what is going to happen, or without any regular pattern 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。
Extra ExamplesQuestionnaires 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- [only before noun] (informal)
(especially of a person 尤指人 not known or not identified 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。
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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
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘impetuous headlong rush’): from Old French randon ‘great speed’, from randir ‘gallop’.