解释
- adj. 可疑的；暧昧的；无把握的；半信半疑的
※ 提供单词"dubious"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
dubious 怀疑的
来自拉丁语dubius,二，摇摆，波动，词源同doubt.
英文词源
- dubious
- dubious: see doubt
- dubious (adj.)
- 1540s, from Latin dubiosus "doubtful," from dubium "doubt," neuter of dubius "vacillating, moving two ways, fluctuating;" figuratively "wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful," from duo "two" (see two), with a sense of "of two minds, undecided between two things." Old English also used tweo "two" to mean "doubt." Compare doubt (v.). Related: Dubiously; dubiousness.
例句和用法
- 1. They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.
- 他们现在会找个蹩脚的借口重新发动战争。
- 2. Soho was still a highly dubious area.
- 索霍区仍然是个靠不住的地方。
- 3. I was rather dubious about the whole idea.
- 我对这整个想法持怀疑态度。
- 4. The tests have been shown to be of dubious validity.
- 这些试验的有效性已显得令人怀疑.
- 5. What he said yesterday was dubious.
- 他昨天说的话很含糊.
来自柯林斯例句
来自柯林斯例句
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来自《简明英汉词典》