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dubious
英 ['djuːbɪəs]美 ['dubɪəs]
adj. 可疑的;曖昧的;無把握的;半信半疑的
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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.
英語詞源
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.
權威例句
1. They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.
他們現在會找個蹩腳的藉口重新發動戰爭。
2. Soho was still a highly dubious area.
索霍區仍然是個靠不住的地方。
3. I was rather dubious about the whole idea.
我對這整個想法持懷疑態度。
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.
5. What he said yesterday was dubious.
他昨天說的話很含糊.
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