2.a critic who considers himself the supreme arbiter of literary taste. Less oftenarbiter is used interchangeably with arbitrator. Areferee is an attorney appointed by a court to make a determination of a case or to investigate and report on it (
3.a bankruptcy case handled by a referee), and anumpire is a person appointed to settle an issue that arbitrators are unable to resolve (
由位律师处理的破产案), 而umpire 是指指定来解决人未能解决的事务的人(
4.The members of the jury are the sole judges of what the truth is in this case. Anarbitrator works to settle controversies and is either appointedor derives authority from the consent of the disputants, who choose him or her or approve the selection:
5.The mayor appointed an experienced arbitrator to mediate between the sides and resolve the transit strike. Anarbiter is one who may or may not have official status but whose opinion or judgment is recognized as being unassailable or binding: