单词 | certainty |
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音标 | ['sə:tənti] |
解释 | n.确定的事情 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n. 确定的事情(thing that is certain) 【考】 反义词:quandary(困 惑); supposition(推测); misgiving(疑虑); indecision(犹豫不决) |
字源 | certainty (n.) c.1300, certeynte, "surety, pledge," from Anglo-French certeinté (late 13c.), Old French certainete "certainty," from Latin or Vulgar Latin *certanitatem (source of Old Spanish certanedad); see certain. Meaning "that which is certain" is attested from early 14c.; meaning "quality of being certain" is from mid-14c. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 确定的事情; 确定性 【例】It'apos;s a certainty that I will win the game 我肯定会赢得这场比赛. 【反】quandary(n 困惑); supposition(n 推测); misgiving(n 疑虑); indecision(n 犹豫不决) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】certainly 当然 |
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