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dubious

英 ['djuːbɪəs]美 ['dubɪəs]

adj. 可疑的；暧昧的；无把握的；半信半疑的

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记忆方法

1. doubt => dubious.

中文词源

dubious 怀疑的

来自拉丁语dubius,二，摇摆，波动，词源同doubt.

英语词源

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.

权威例句

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。

2. Soho was still a highly dubious area.

索霍区仍然是个靠不住的地方。

3. I was rather dubious about the whole idea.

我对这整个想法持怀疑态度。

4. The tests have been shown to be of dubious validity.

这些试验的有效性已显得令人怀疑.

5. What he said yesterday was dubious.

他昨天说的话很含糊.

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