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When you're doubtful about something, you're not sure about it. You might feel doubtful about the picnic you've planned if the forecast calls for torrential rain.
Whether you're uncertain, undecided, or suspicious, you can describe yourself as doubtful. You'll be doubtful about your taxi driver's sense of direction when you pass the same building for the third time. You might also be doubtful about whether or not to try skydiving. Doubtful means “full of doubt,” and doubt is from the Old French doter, “doubt or be afraid,” with a Latin root, dubitare, “to question, hesitate, or waver in opinion.”
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常用短语
单词用法
questionable:通常指怀疑某行为是否恰当,或指有根有据的怀疑。
doubtful:指对某个问题持积极怀疑的,有疑问的态度,强调缺乏确信。
ambigous:指因缺乏明确感或因为有各种不同的解释而值得怀疑。
uncertain:多指因缺乏证据或了解而捉摸不定,也指因不能预料而不能作出选择。
doubtful about怀疑的,可疑的;对…怀疑
词根词缀
词根: doub
=two,表示”二,双”
adj.
double 两倍的;双重的doub二,双+le→adj.两倍的;双重的 adv.两倍地 n.两部 v.加倍
doubtful 难以预测的;怀疑的doubt[n.&v.怀疑,疑虑]+ful有……的→adj.难以预测的;怀疑的
adv.
double 两倍地doub二,双+le→adj.两倍的;双重的 adv.两倍地 n.两部 v.加倍
n.
double 两部doub二,双+le→adj.两倍的;双重的 adv.两倍地 n.两部 v.加倍
n.&v.
doubt 怀疑,疑虑doub二,双+t→两种状态→怀疑
v.
double 加倍doub二,双+le→adj.两倍的;双重的 adv.两倍地 n.两部 v.加倍
同义词辨析
这些形容词均含”怀疑的,不确定的”之意。
- questionable: 通常指怀疑某行为是否恰当,或指有根有据的怀疑。
- doubtful: 指对某个问题持积极怀疑的,有疑问的态度,强调缺乏确信。
- ambiguous: 指因缺乏明确感或因为有各种不同的解释而值得怀疑。
- uncertain: 多指因缺乏证据或了解而捉摸不定,也指因不能预料而不能作出选择。
同义词
uncertain / questioning / incredulous / indecisive / suspicious / wavering / distrustful / skeptical / irresolute / unsure / disbelieving / vacillating
disputable / debatable / problematic / questionable / unbelievable / dubious / precarious / unclear / incredible
controversial / cynical / alleged / conjectural / fishy / improbable / ambiguous
同根词
词根:doubt
adj.doubtless无疑的;确定的
doubting不相信的;有疑心的
adv.doubtless无疑地;确定地;大概,多半
doubtfully怀疑地;含糊地
n.doubt怀疑;疑问;疑惑
doubter抱怀疑态度的人;不信宗教的人;怀疑论者
v.doubt怀疑;不信;恐怕;拿不准