| 单词 | doubtful |
| 释义 | doubt·ful I. 1. < a method of investigation whose object is the establishment of truth about doubtful propositions — R.M.Weaver > < it is doubtful whether the captain had ever had so much fun — John Steinbeck > 2. archaic a. < reported the doubtful and dangerous situation of the empire — Edward Gibbon > b. < I hear things which make me doubtful and anxious — Edmund Burke > 3. a. < even after they had been assured … they looked doubtful — Harold Griffin > < some were doubtful how the law would hold — Alfred Tennyson > b. < were fighting a doubtful battle in which victory was not assured — D.W.Brogan > c. < concentrated on winning the electoral votes of the doubtful states > 4. < the only difference between themselves and others is that they are nice men and the others of very doubtful repute — T.S.Eliot > < she wrote rather doubtful grammar — W.M.Thackeray > Synonyms: < she takes me in, telling me there's nobody there. I'm doubtful, but she swears she's alone — Dashiell Hammett > < there is the defense of Egypt and the Canal, against greatly superior numbers of the enemy, which six months ago, at all events, looked rather a difficult affair, a doubtful affair — Sir Winston Churchill > < the president-elect had expressed the opinion that government, after all, was a pretty simple business. He is now to put that hopeful theory to the test. Friendly counselors thought the prospect more dubious — S.H.Adams > In reference to value judgments, problematical and problematic describe something of the nature of a problem or refer to a situation with a quite unpredictable outcome < at present it is easy to make rash predictions. Publishing is now in a very problematic state — J.T.Farrell > < effect of the union endorsement on the labor vote is problematical — New Republic > Often doubtful so strongly questions worth, honesty, or validity that it implies their absence or lack < in very many interpretations where words play no recognizable part, introspection, unless excessively subtle and therefore of doubtful value as evidence, fails to show the imagery is present — C.K.Ogden & I.A.Richards > < the builder, on the other hand, who had spent a long life of constant industry, but doubtful honesty, in scraping up a decent fortune — Anthony Trollope > Not so strong, dubious stresses suspicion or mistrust, perhaps well grounded < all sorts of dogmatic standards have been set up by which to measure the degree of a people's civilization … Yet the more carefully we look into the nature of these standards the more dubious they become — Havelock Ellis > < millions were stolen outright, and additional millions … poured into dubious railroads and business ventures which rarely repaid ten cents on the dollar — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager > questionable may mean simply open to question < the detailed study of history should be supplemented by brilliant outlines, even if they contained questionable generalizations — Bertrand Russell > It often describes falsity, unsoundness, or immorality to such a degree that it may be commonly believed in but may be asserted only in guarded statements or hints < the virtues that feed on suffering are very questionable virtues — G.B.Shaw > II. |
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