| 单词 | open question |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopen question open question n. see sense 27a. open question a. Of a matter, discussion, etc.: not finally settled or determined; that may be decided according to circumstances or at will; (hence) still admitting of debate, uncertain. Frequently in open question.open verdict: see verdict n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] > undecided, unsettled openlOE undiscussedc1340 unassoiled1387 undetermined1442 unruled1456 unabsoiled1521 undecised1528 undecided1540 unresolved1565 suspensive1575 unprejudged1641 unaccorded1645 indeterminate1656 unagreed1661 unabsolved1721 undeterminate1767 unsettled1844 meedless1896 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain uncertaintya1387 ambiguity1445 moot point1563 measuring cast1631 inconcludency1654 disputablea1657 undefinable1809 tertium quid1826 open question1837 question mark1870 inconclusion1886 disputability1892 borderliner1953 undecidable1965 lOE Laws of Hloðhære & Eadric (Rochester) ix. 10 Gif he ðonne byrigan forwærne, xii scillingas agylde þam cyninge, & sio se[o] sacy swa open swa hio ær wes. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 451/1 Where the thinges that we speake of or the article of ye diuersitie of the word whiche is in the verbe in our englishe tonge,..maketh the matter open which of the two termes we take for subiectum & which for prædicatum. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 354 An open verdict may be either general, guilty, or not guilty. 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 361 The other question, as to..power of leasing, was still left open. 1837 J. S. Mill Let. 27 Jan. in Wks. (1963) XII. 320 There is no reason against letting this be an ‘open question’..among radicals. 1859 D. Masson Life Milton I. 630 The summary decision of what had hitherto been an open question in the Church. 1892 Law Times 92 156/1 Lord Justice Cotton..left the matter open for future consideration. 1912 New Phytologist 11 105 His verdict upon Eriksson's mycoplasm hypothesis is an open one. 1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches ii. 45 He agreed to allow belief in the doctrine to be an open question. 1949 P. A. Schilpp Albert Einstein xxiii. 591 The question is still open whether it is possible thereby to arrive at a real monism. 1976 Howard Jrnl. 15 i. 17 What brought about this change is an open question. 1996 Times 19 Mar. 2/1 The open question is the bland preliminary inquiry which conceals the backbencher's real question, his second one. < as lemmas |
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