英语词汇“doubt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	doubt
释义	doubt I. \ˈdau̇t, usu -au̇d.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English douten to fear, doubt, from Old French douter, from Latin dubitare to doubt; akin to Latin dubius doubtful — more at dubious *transitive verb* 1. archaic a. : to be afraid of : fear — used with an infinitive phrase or a clause as object < I doubt I have been beguiled — Sir Walter Scott > b. : to be apprehensive of (something feared or not desired) < fear nought — nay, that I need not say — but doubt not aught from mine array — Sir Walter Scott > 2. : to be in doubt about; specifically : to be uncertain or undecided in opinion of or belief in < begins to doubt all the maxims he has hitherto accepted — Bertrand Russell > 3. a. : to lack confidence in : distrust, suspect < find myself doubting him even when I know that he is honest — H.L.Mencken > b. : to be inclined not to believe or accept : consider unlikely or improbable < I doubt that they would have helped me — George Santayana > < I doubt whether the facts bear him out — Adelaide Hahn > < I doubt if he ever wrote a single paragraph that was not carefully planned — Deems Taylor > < ready to fight anyone who dared to doubt its success — Sherwood Anderson > *intransitive verb* 1. : to be in doubt; specifically : to be uncertain or undecided in opinion or belief < its obvious elements are willingness to hold belief in suspense, ability to doubt until evidence is obtained — John Dewey > 2. archaic : hesitate, scruple < hath not doubted to assert that you may see a spirit in open daylight — Henry Fielding > II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English doute fear, doubt, from Old French, from douter 1. a. : uncertainty of belief or opinion; specifically : the subjective state of being uncertain of the truth of a statement or the reality of an event as a result of incomplete knowledge or evidence < like one that prayed in sorrow, under some extremity of doubt, for light that should guide him to the better choice — Thomas De Quincey > b. : a deliberate suspension of judgment or withholding of belief < took his point of departure in something deeper than an abstract intellectual doubt, namely, in a concrete personal despair — D.F.Swenson > — compare cartesianism, skepticism c. : a systematic weighing of the reasons for holding a belief or opinion < doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to know — William Hamilton †1856 > 2. : the condition of being objectively uncertain : a state of affairs giving rise to uncertainty, hesitation, or suspense < there were four states whose votes were in doubt — Carol L. Thompson > 3. : a feeling of uncertainty < had already fallen a prey to those doubts and misgivings which are ever the result of a lack of decision — Theodore Dreiser > 4. obsolete : an uncertain or unsettled point or matter : difficulty < and I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations and dissolve doubts — Dan 5:16 (Authorized Version) > 5. a. : a lack of confidence : distrust, suspicion < the doubt everyone felt concerning his past — Sherwood Anderson > < their mutual doubts and suspicions … have been enhanced rather than alleviated by the war — Vera M. Dean > b. : an inclination not to believe or accept : question < there can be little doubt that in matters of literary style the sovereign virtue … is clearness — B.N.Cardozo > Synonyms: see uncertainty • - no doubt
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