
dubious基本信息
读法:英 ["djuːbɪəs] 美 ["dubɪəs]
释义:
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星级词汇:★★★
英英释义
Adjective:
"it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"
"dubious about agreeing to go"
"he has a dubious record indeed"
"what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"
"it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"
中英词源
dubious 怀疑的
来自拉丁语dubius,二,摇摆,波动,词源同doubt.
- 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.
词态变化
副词 dubiously;
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权威造句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Soho was still a highly dubious area.
- 索霍区仍然是个靠不住的地方。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I was rather dubious about the whole idea.
- 我对这整个想法持怀疑态度。
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. What he said yesterday was dubious.
- 他昨天说的话很含糊.
来自《简明英汉词典》
近反义词
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单词分析
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记忆方法
1. doubt => dubious.
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