| 单词 | certainty |
| 释义 | certainty (sɜːʳtənti ) Word forms: certainties 1. uncountable noun [oft with NOUN, NOUN that] B2 Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something. I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy. If you buy from reputable dealers you have more certainty about what you're getting. [+ about] Synonyms: confidence, trust, faith, conviction 2. uncountable noun [oft a NOUN] Certainty is the fact that something is certain to happen. A general election became a certainty three weeks ago. ...the certainty of more violence and bloodshed. [+ of] I began to realize the certainty of freezing to death if I remained where I was. Synonyms: fact, truth, reality, sure thing [informal] 3. countable noun [usually plural] Certainties are things that nobody has any doubts about. There are no certainties in modern Europe. The collapse of old certainties is reshaping the political parties. Quotations: In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certaintiesThe Advancement of Learning Collocations: complete certainty He pulls anything short and ramps and reverses with complete certainty. The Sun But right now, nobody can say with complete certainty that it will not. Times, Sunday Times The strikes were notable for their calmness, their air of complete certainty. Times, Sunday Times A wiser understanding and more mature debate of complex issues eschews claims of complete certainty, because such claims are patently bogus. Times, Sunday Times With almost complete certainty, can we agree that we will never see their likes again? Times, Sunday Times False certainty may be alluring - and at times psychologically necessary - but allied to executive power it can be dangerous. Times,Sunday Times Perhaps if we could accept this a little more, we'd have the strength to dismiss the merchants of false certainty, and be guided by more sensible, evidence-based messages. Times, Sunday Times Thirty-four participants, an incredible 22% of those involved, substituted presumed but false certainty for truth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It would be unscientific to blame a single natural event on climate change with any great certainty. Times, Sunday Times I have concluded, with great certainty, that the interests of the country are served by my forming an administration. Times, Sunday Times It has remained difficult to establish with great certainty which methods, if any, are effective over a significant period of time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So much for life's two great certainties. Times,Sunday Times Identifying zones with specific impedances can provide greater certainty regarding the factors behind the impedance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An inability to say no leads to lack of certainty. Times, Sunday Times However, many passengers prefer the option of a refund because of the lack of certainty about when overseas travel to many destinations will be possible. Times,Sunday Times Instead, it lists workload, lack of managerial support, lack of certainty and organisational change as the main factors. Times, Sunday Times The lack of certainty haunted me. Times, Sunday Times It was concerned about a 'lack of certainty' as to who would supply the counting equipment. Times, Sunday Times It is an absolute mathematical certainty. The Sun (2016) And it's a mathematical certainty that the average actively managed fund must underperform the average passive fund after costs. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It is a mathematical certainty that it will sink. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This theory is no longer dismissed as science fiction, but viewed in some quarters as a mathematical certainty. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Relegation is a mathematical certainty. The Sun (2006) This jolts: how relatively quickly this moral certainty came to be eroded. Times, Sunday Times And doing it while using the language of moral certainty. Times,Sunday Times But are our soldiers' lives worth the ring of moral certainty that comes with a bold but doomed decision to try to make a difference? Times, Sunday Times I spent a good deal of time around the camp back then and the mood was remarkable for its sense of moral certainty. Times, Sunday Times Refusing to do so offers the comfort of moral certainty at the expense of public safety. Times, Sunday Times Most of them must also accept the possibility - many of these the near certainty - of physical pain. Times, Sunday Times Yet now a double-dip recession in 2012 seems a near certainty and there are fears of a new banking crisis. Times, Sunday Times And the near certainty that those expectations simply cannot be fulfilled. Times, Sunday Times No one connected to the couple believes the marriage can be saved, with divorce a near certainty. The Sun A post-election bounce might be a near certainty in other circumstances, but today economic woes take centre-stage. Times, Sunday Times Annuities provide certainty of income, and once set up there are no charges or need for investment reviews. Times, Sunday Times Facts do not necessarily provide certainty, but without them everything begins to look very flimsy, very quickly. Times, Sunday Times The company buys forward coal and gas to provide certainty of pricing to its big industrial customers. Times, Sunday Times In any case, it would largely defeat the main attraction of final-salary schemes, that they provide certainty to employees. Times, Sunday Times Human life isn't merely the sum of data and numbers cannot provide certainty. Times, Sunday Times With reasonable certainty, reaction can be expected to follow action. Times,Sunday Times For that to work we need a pro-business, pro-growth government that provides reasonable certainty. Times, Sunday Times However, we agreed that we would identify carefully what we knew with reasonable certainty, estimate the uncertainties and distinguish it from what we were much more uncertain about. Times, Sunday Times We know three things with reasonable certainty. Times, Sunday Times However, a review concluded that the 'outcome of this long-term project cannot be assessed with reasonable certainty and therefore no profit or loss has been reflected', accounts show. Times, Sunday Times Relegation will be a virtual certainty. The Sun By the end of 2016, they said, an increase in the cost of borrowing was a virtual certainty - just it had appeared certain 12 months ago. Times, Sunday Times For instance, the present system makes destructive, obscenely wasteful wars a virtual certainty which provides lots of work for everyone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also indicated his opinion that its statehood was a virtual certainty, with only details to be negotiated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Practically, the virtual certainty clause can not come into force, since grievous bodily harm was not actually caused, by definition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 确定 Japanese: 確実なこと |
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