| 释义 |
doubt /dowt/ intransitive verb- To be undecided in opinion
- To be apprehensive (obsolete)
transitive verb- To be uncertain about
- To question
- To hesitate or scruple
- To incline to believe only with fear or hesitation
- To distrust
- To incline to think (esp Scot)
- To suspect (archaic; also reflexive)
- To cause to doubt or fear (obsolete)
noun- Uncertainty of opinion
- A suspicion
- Fear (obsolete)
- A thing doubtful or questioned (obsolete)
- Danger (obsolete; Spenser)
ORIGIN: OFr douter, from L dubitāre, related to dubius doubtful, moving in two (duo) directions doubtˈable adjective doubtˈed adjective - Questioned
- Feared, redoubted (Spenser)
doubtˈer noun doubtˈful adjective - Feeling or full of doubt
- Undetermined
- Subject to doubt
- Not clear
- Insecure
- Suspicious
- Not confident
- Not likely or not certain to participate, co-operate, etc
noun A doubtful person or thing doubtˈfully adverb doubtˈfulness noun doubtˈing noun and adjective doubtˈingly adverb doubtˈless adjective Free from doubt or (obsolete; Shakespeare, etc) fear adverb- Without doubt
- Certainly
- No doubt (often only allowing for the possibility)
doubtˈlessly adverb doubting Thomas noun - A doubter or sceptic
- Someone who needs proof before believing something (from the doubting of Thomas, in Bible, John 20.25)
beyond doubt or beyond a shadow of doubt Certain or certainly in doubt Not certain, undecided no doubt Surely without (a) doubt Certainly |