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单词 skeptic
释义
skepticskep‧tic /ˈskeptɪk/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINskeptic
Origin:
1500-1600 Greek skeptikos, from skeptikos ‘thoughtful’, from skeptesthai ‘to look, consider’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • religious skeptics
  • Some skeptics question whether the Pell program would cause colleges to raise fees even more.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Also, LITvak is similar to the idea of being from Missouri in the United States; that is, a skeptic.
  • But when claims are made for the mystical aspects of athletics, there is inevitably a response from the skeptics.
  • Conveniently for the skeptics, Suzuki has now chosen to enter a tougher, more international industry: software.
  • Even some former skeptics said that probably 95 percent of experts now accept the notion.
  • Nevertheless, Springsteen has proven both more vital and more moral than skeptics would have deemed possible.
  • Of course, Wellesley College graduates are exceptional women, the skeptic will say.
  • The believer is not required to establish his belief, but the skeptic is required to prove his doubt.
the American spelling of sceptic
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