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Dubious Doubt 7733.Dubious 英 Djuːbɪəs]美 Dubɪəs 释义 Adj

正面 7733.dubious
英 ['djuːbɪəs]美 ['dubɪəs]

背面
释义:
adj. 可疑的;暧昧的;无把握的;半信半疑的
例句:
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。

1. doubt => dubious.
dubious 怀疑的来自拉丁语dubius,二,摇摆,波动,词源同doubt.
dubiousdubious: see doubtdubious (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."

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