英:['dju:bɪtəbl]
美:['djubɪtəbəl]
英:['dju:bɪtəbl]
美:['djubɪtəbəl]
Adjective
1. open to doubt or suspicion;
"the candidate's doubtful past"
"he has a dubious record indeed"
"what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"
"it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney
"liable to be doubted," 1620s,源自法语 dubitable,源自拉丁语 dubitabilis "doubtful",源自 dubitare "犹豫,怀疑"(参见 doubt(v.))。相关词汇: Dubitably。
Latin dubitabilis, from dubitare to doubt — more at doubt >entry 1
The first known use of dubitable was circa 1616
1 But the forms which logicians introduce, and which proceed from simple enumeration, are dubitable, and proceed only upon admittance— Y. Mir.
2 But the merely dubitable is the already doubtful.
3 Her face grew grave for a moment before she turned upon Mr. Rogers that smile which, if usually latent and at the best not entirely feminine, was her least dubitable charm.
4 His motive in getting off the car was at least dubitable.
5 The matter of drawing the formal contract, for instance, must be attended with all possible legal safe-guards, especially when we were dealing with a person whose honor was perhaps dubitable.
6 It was an odd little encounter, that left vague and dubitable impressions in her mind.
7 And of what importance is it to inquire what intelligence was brought him, or when he received it, if it appears that his intelligence must be in its own nature uncertain and dubitable?
8 some highly dubitable “evidence” that the stone tower was built by the Vikings
9 Besides gathering leads and resources, Twitter has also emerged as a platform where doctors are exposing the inefficiencies of India’s dubitable healthcare processes, and the lack of transparency around it.
10 It was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought.
这个朋友是否像她所认为的那样有影响力,这不仅仅是可疑的.
1 不确定的
amphibolic indefinitive neutral unsure uncertain rocky questionable doubtful undefined indefinite precarious indeterminate unsealed wankle in doubt chancy wobbly obscure cloudy ambiguous borderline unfixed touch-and-go unclear contingent speculative conjectural dicey unascertained unassured aoristic on the knees of the gods
2 不定
unlimited variant floating uncertain planetary indefinite wayward indeterminate vagrant mutable fitful adventitious snatchy fluxional indefiniteness
3 不定的
unlimited variant floating uncertain planetary indefinite wayward indeterminate vagrant mutable fitful adventitious snatchy fluxional
4 可疑
suspect funny suspicious problematic questionable doubtful dubious queer shaky left-handed fishy iffy arguable equivocal problematical suspectable questionably dubiously doubtfully doubt queerness doubtfulness mysterious shady distrust precarious lefthanded shadily shadiness alleged greasy distrustful iffish hincty dubitative
5 不确定
amphibolic indefinitive neutral unsure uncertain rocky questionable doubtful undefined indefinite precarious indeterminate unsealed wankle tentatively dubiously equivocally doubt uncertainty unsureness incertitude indetermination in doubt unclear contingent speculative conjectural dicey unascertained unassured aoristic suspense indeterminacy indeterminism on the knees of the gods