单词 | uncertain |
释义 | un·certain I. 1. a. < the exact moment of departure is uncertain > b. < engagements being irregular, the income is uncertain — Official Register of Harvard University > < a tract of uncertain acreage — American Guide Series: Maryland > 2. < her success in new parts was very uncertain — G.B.Shaw > 3. a. < unless further evidence is found, his story must remain uncertain > b. < told him, in no uncertain terms, what he thought of his behavior > c. < a fire of uncertain origin destroyed the capitol — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < a play of uncertain authorship > < the two bartenders, sallow women of uncertain age — William Sansom > 4. a. < the silver thread of water tracing its uncertain course along the valley floor — E.A.McCourt > b. < ramshackle buildings lean over the water on their uncertain stilts — American Guide Series: New York City > < a gun with a rather uncertain trigger — D.M.MacKay > c. < everything is uncertain about the army — Walt Whitman > < leading a somewhat uncertain existence — Fortnight > < uncertain health > 5. a. < tolerant but never uncertain of his convictions — W.A.White > b. < of great ambition, but uncertain aim > c. < touching the flowers, the ornaments, the books with uncertain fingers — Edith Sitwell > < an uncertain gentleness in his tone — Marguerite Steen > 6. < an uncertain breeze > < an uncertain friend > < a beautiful and uncertain time, cold and wet and dry and warm — Josephine Johnson > • un·cer·tain·ly • un·cer·tain·ness II. |
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