dubious
英 ['djuːbɪəs]
美 ['dubɪəs]
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1. doubt => dubious.
中文詞源
dubious 懷疑的來自拉丁語dubius,二，搖擺，波動，詞源同doubt.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.
- 他們現在會找個蹩腳的借口重新發動戰爭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Soho was still a highly dubious area.
- 索霍區仍然是個靠不住的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I was rather dubious about the whole idea.
- 我對這整個想法持懷疑態度。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The tests have been shown to be of dubious validity.
- 這些試驗的有效性已顯得令人懷疑.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. What he said yesterday was dubious.
- 他昨天說的話很含糊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》