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单词 second-guessing
释义

second-guess

verb

sec·​ond-guess ˌse-kᵊŋ-ˈges How to pronounce second-guess (audio)
-kən(d)-
second-guessed; second-guessing; second-guesses

transitive verb

1
: to criticize or question actions or decisions of (someone) often after the results of those actions or decisions are known
meet almost every morning and, over coffee, second-guess the local coach Bruce Newman
also : to engage in such criticism of (an action or decision)
second-guess the general's strategy
2
: to seek to anticipate or predict
lived royally by his ability to second-guess the stock market Time
second-guesser noun

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined at sense 1

second-guessing

verb

present participle of second-guess
1
as in outguessing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • outguessing
  • balking
  • overreaching
  • outmaneuvering
  • thwarting
  • outsmarting
  • frustrating
  • outwitting
  • baffling
  • outthinking
  • outfoxing
  • tricking
  • outslicking
  • foiling
  • deceiving
  • fooling
  • duping
  • circumventing
  • defeating
  • gulling
  • impeding
  • hindering
  • overcoming
  • foxing
  • licking
  • obstructing
  • cozening
  • conquering
  • blocking
  • barring
2
as in reasoning

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • reasoning
  • analyzing
  • reviewing
  • opining
  • believing
  • exploring
  • concluding
  • questioning
  • speculating (about)
  • deliberating
  • pondering
  • ruminating
  • reminiscing
  • conceiving
  • debating
  • cogitating
  • weighing
  • contemplating
  • considering
  • digesting
  • fixating (on or upon)
  • obsessing (about or over)
  • dwelling (on or upon)
  • studying
  • fretting (about or over)
  • assimilating
  • brooding (about or over)
  • absorbing
  • entertaining
  • meditating
  • eyeing
  • revolving
  • perpending
  • chewing over
  • reflecting (on or upon)
  • musing (upon)
  • turning
  • eying
  • kicking around
  • mulling (over)
  • drinking (in)
  • thinking (about or over)
  • wrestling (with)
  • poring (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • ignoring
  • disregarding
  • dismissing
  • overlooking
  • rejecting
  • slighting
  • pooh-poohing
  • poohing
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