dubious

英 ['dju?b??s] 美['dub??s]

反義詞

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副詞:?dubiously;

1. doubt => dubious.

dubious 懷疑的

來自拉丁語dubius,二，搖擺，波動，詞源同doubt.

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.

1. They would now find some dubious pretext to restart the war.: 他們現(xiàn)在會找個蹩腳的借口重新發(fā)動戰(zhàn)爭。