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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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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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