| 单词 | distrust |
| 释义 | distrust (once / 508 pages) nv Distrust is a feeling of doubt about some person or thing. We distrust people who aren't honest. When you trust someone, you believe in her, so the opposite is true of distrust. Trust is from the Old Norse word traust meaning "confidence." Put a dis in front of it, and to distrust is to have no confidence in someone or something. As a noun, distrust is the feeling of doubt. In a corrupt workplace, there will be a lot of distrust. Where there's distrust, there's not much harmony. WORD FAMILYdistrust: distrusted, distrusting, distrusts, self-distrust+/distrustful: distrustfully, distrustfulness/entrust: entrusted, entrusting, entrusts/intrust: intrusted, intrusting, intrusts/mistrust: mistrusted, mistrustful, mistrusting, mistrusts/mistrustful: mistrustfully/trust: antitrust, distrust, entrust, intrust, mistrust, trusted, trustee, truster, trustful, trusting, trusts, trusty/trusted: trustedly/trustee: trustees, trusteeship/trusteeship: trusteeships/truster: trusters/trustful: distrustful, trustfully, trustfulness/trusting: trustingest, trustingly, trustingness, untrusting/trusty: trustier, trusties, trustiest, trustily, trustiness, untrusty/untrusty: untrustiness USAGE EXAMPLESNixon’s distrust of the CIA prompted him to undervalue most of the agency’s judgments, if he read them at all. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Why do we revere the intellect and ignore or distrust the body? Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) “We’ve effectively brainwashed the core of our audience to distrust anything that they disagree with,” one conservative radio host said. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1n doubt about someone's honesty Syn|Hyper misgiving, mistrust, suspicion doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty the state of being unsure of something 2n the trait of not trusting others Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper distrustfulness, mistrust trust, trustfulness, trustingness the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others suspicion, suspiciousness being of a suspicious nature trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature 3v regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper mistrust, suspect bank, rely, swear, trust have confidence or faith in doubt lack confidence in or have doubts about disbelieve, discredit reject as false; refuse to accept |
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