单词 | suspicion |
释义 | suspicion (once / 87 pages) n Suspicion is a feeling that something might be true. If your friends seem to be keeping a secret from you, you might have a suspicion that they are planning a surprise party for your birthday. Suspicion can mean the same as hunch or inkling, like when you have a suspicion that your friend is hiding a flower bouquet behind his back. Suspicion comes from the Latin word suspicere, or mistrust. That's why it can mean a general bad feeling about someone or something, like neighbors who regard all new people with suspicion until they get to know them. WORD FAMILYsuspicion: suspicions, suspicious+/suspect: suspected, suspectedly, suspecting, suspectingly, suspects, suspicion/suspected: unsuspected/suspecting: unsuspecting/suspicious: oversuspicious, suspiciousest, suspiciously, suspiciousness, unsuspicious/unsuspected: unsuspectedly/unsuspecting: unsuspectingly/unsuspicious: unsuspiciously USAGE EXAMPLESIsrael’s Justice Ministry later issued a statement saying Netanyahu was questioned “on suspicion of receiving benefits from business people.” Time(Jan 02, 2017) But Mr. Haldeman’s notes appear to confirm longstanding suspicions that Nixon himself was directly involved, despite his later denials. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) There were dozens of tiny growth lines, confirming Erickson’s suspicions. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) 1n an impression that something might be the case Syn|Hypo|Hyper hunch, intuition bosom, heart the locus of feelings and intuitions belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion a vague idea in which some confidence is placed 2n the state of being suspected he tried to shield me from suspicion Hypo|Hyper cloud suspicion affecting your reputation antagonism, enmity, hostility a state of deep-seated ill-will 3n doubt about someone's honesty Syn|Hyper distrust, misgiving, mistrust doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty the state of being unsure of something 4n being of a suspicious nature Syn|Hyper suspiciousness distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust the trait of not trusting others |
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