• n. [法] 仲裁者；裁決人
• n. (Arbiter)人名；(英)阿比特

ar同前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根bain，同詞根ven, 走，-t，過去分詞格，見acrobat。指走來充當裁判的第三個人。

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.

他在神學和政治事務上都是最終的仲裁人。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The law is the final arbiter of what is considered obscene.

何謂猥褻最終由法律裁決。

來自《權威詞典》

3. Andrew was the arbiter of the disagreement.

安德魯是那場糾紛的仲裁人.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He acted as arbiter.

他充任仲裁人.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. He acted as an arbiter.

他充當調停人.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》