| 单词 | incredulity |
| 释义 | incredulity (once / 2240 pages) n Incredulity is the state of not believing. I greeted the stranger's story about needing bus fare with incredulity. "I just don't believe you," I said. "The bit about your diabetic cat was a little over the top." In Latin, credere means "to believe." You'll see it at the roots of creed "statement of belief," credible "believable," credulous "a person who readily believes," and incredulous "a person who doesn't." WORD FAMILYincredulity: incredulities+/credulity: credulities, overcredulity/credulous: credulity, credulously, credulousness, incredulous, overcredulous/incredulous: incredulity, incredulously USAGE EXAMPLESToday, the poem reads like an eerie anticipation of liberal incredulity at Brexit and Trump and the other recent upheavals. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) I followed up, masking my incredulity as I’ve been trained to do as a journalist. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) In a follow-up post, she expressed incredulity at how she was censored in the first place. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) n doubt about the truth of something Syn|Hyper disbelief, mental rejection, scepticism, skepticism doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty the state of being unsure of something |
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