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Dubious Adj Contentment Dju:Bjəs A.可疑的;名声不大好的 英 可疑的(Slightly Suspicious

单词 dubious
音标 ['dju:bjəs]
解释 a.可疑的;名声不大好的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 可疑的(slightly suspicious about);名声不大好的(probab ly dishonest)
【考】 disaffected : contentment / dubious : conviction(不满的没有满足/怀 疑的没有坚信)反义词:certain(肯 定的)
【记】 dub(二,双)+ious→二 种状态→不肯定,怀疑的
【同】 派生词: dubiety (n. 怀疑,疑惑)
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 adj. 可疑的; 不可靠的; 悬而未决的
【记】dub二, ious-有二种状态的-怀疑的
【参】dubiety(n 可疑性; 可疑的东西; 怀疑)
【类】disaffected: contentment = dubious: [commitment]conviction不满的不满足 = 怀疑的不坚信
【反】certain(adj 确定无疑的)
趣味全助记 【记】doubt

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