网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 suspicion
释义 suspicion
noun
uk /səˈspɪʃ.ən/ us /səˈspɪʃ.ən/

suspicionnoun (FEELING)


B2[ C ]
a belief or idea that something may be true: 怀疑,猜想
[ + that ]I have a suspicion that he only asked me out because my brother persuaded him to.我怀疑是我哥哥说服他约我出去的。
She had a nagging/sneaking suspicion that she might have sent the letter to the wrong address.她心烦意乱地猜想/心里暗想自己可能把信寄错了地址。
I've got a sneaking suspicion that we're going the wrong way.
We always had the suspicion that their marriage was not happy.
I had a suspicion that he was up to something.
They had been fooling me all along, and I had no suspicion.
I had no suspicion that the firm might close.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Imagining and conceiving
assume
beyond your wildest dreamsidiom
blue-sky
cognitive map
conceivable
fancy
guess
imagine
impute something to someone
in your mind's eyeidiom
inconceivably
lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
look on/upon someone/something as something
regard
reimagine
retheorization
retheorize
revisualization
riot
throw

suspicionnoun (BELIEF IN SOMEONE'S GUILT)


C1[ C or U ]
a feeling or belief that someone has committed a crime or done something wrong: 怀疑;嫌疑
"I'm arresting you on suspicion of illegally possessing drugs," said the police officer.警官说:“你涉嫌非法持有毒品,我将拘捕你。”
In these cases, the parents usually come under suspicion.在这些案例中,孩子父母通常受到怀疑。
usually UKShe is under suspicion of murder.她涉嫌谋杀。
In this particular case, they are above/beyond suspicion (= cannot be thought to be guilty).在这起案件中,他们没有嫌疑。
His strange behaviour aroused/raised his neighbours' suspicions.他奇怪的举动引起了邻居们的怀疑。
He was burned up with jealousy and suspicion.他妒火中烧,满腹狐疑。
The enquiry cleared him of any taint of suspicion.
We view these latest developments with suspicion.
There are those who harbour suspicions about his motives.有人对他的动机心存怀疑。
Our suspicions were first aroused when we heard a muffled scream.我们听到一声闷声尖叫,就开始产生了怀疑。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Guesses and assumptions
a shot in the darkidiom
approximation
assumption
bet
conjecturally
conjecture
counterfactual
estimate
misassumption
misestimate
misestimation
overestimate
overestimation
proposition
purportedly
re-estimate
rough estimate
sneaking
speculation
speculative

suspicionnoun (DOUBT)


[ C or U ]
doubt or lack of trust: 怀疑,疑心;不信任
Since they discovered the truth about his background, his colleagues have regarded him with suspicion.自从他的同事知道了他的真实背景,就不再信任他了。
They feel that she harbours(= has) suspicions of their politics.他们觉得她对他们的政见心存怀疑。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Suspecting & questioning
ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
challenge
challengingly
cynic
cynical about someone/something
cynically
cynicism
doubt
interrogate
query
reserve
sceptic
sceptical
sceptically
scepticism
skeptical
skeptically
suspect
suspected
suspiciously

suspicionnoun (SMALL AMOUNT)


[ S ]
a small amount: 一点点,一丝
He gave just a suspicion of a smile.他只是微微一笑。
I have a suspicion of doubt about whether I should accept his invitation or not.我有点儿疑虑,不知该不该接受他的邀请。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Words meaning small pieces and amounts
by a noseidiom
clipping
crumb
dab of something
dash
dollop
grain
ort
paring
peewee
pinch
potsherd
skinny
spark
tad
thimbleful
tidbit
tiddler
titbit
trace

suspicion | American Dictionary


suspicion
noun
us/səˈspɪʃ·ən/

suspicionnoun (FEELING OR BELIEF)


[ C ]
a feeling or belief that something is likely or true:
[ + that clause ]There are suspicions that he may not be able to play at all.

suspicionnoun (BELIEF IN GUILT)


[ C/U ]
the belief that someone is guilty of something:
[ C ]His strange behavior raised suspicions among his co-workers.

suspicionnoun (DOUBT)


[ U ]
lack of belief in someone or something; doubt:
Because he was a new arrival, other workers looked at him with suspicion.

Examples of suspicion


suspicion
It might be objected that a phrase requiring, for example, "reasonable scientific foundation" of a suspicion to trigger precautionary measures is not very precise.
Commoners were not the only ones who harbored dubious suspicions.
As a result we run the risk of exhausting ourselves with issues relating to deception, suspicion, fakery and inauthenticity.
The central finale brings the principals together for a simultaneous exposition of all aspects of the triangle, sometimes revealing concealed conflicts or reinforcing latent suspicions.
At the outset they had delayed seeking treatment because of their suspicions about the therapeutic options they had already received.
Many archaeologists regarded interest in theory with a certain suspicion, fearing that it might be a flight from the complex practical reality of archaeology.
Occasionally new machinery met with suspicion, indifference or even opposition by agricultural workers because of its novelty or complexity.
With what degree of suspicion should we approach the comments of the vocal few?
Sales authorities were highly conscious that customers' suspicions about feigned sincerity by sales agents could undermine the larger goal of promoting consumption.
The whole book is a sad caricature of the kind of unselective suspicion of motives which has made psychoanalysis increasingly a laughing-stock amongst psychiatrists.
The continued presence of an unmarried daughter within a family might easily excite the suspicions of pagan neighbours.
Yet his unchecked authority enabled him to overcome suspicions by fiat.
In such cases all data under suspicion must be treated alike.
Moreover, we must weigh history's suspicion of rhetoric in context.
Increasingly they came under suspicion in their own lands.
See all examples of suspicion
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations withsuspicion


suspicion

These are words often used in combination with suspicion.

Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.


above suspicion
It is these great international syndicates who have the opportunity of doing harm—the people you would not suspect, the people above suspicion!
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
atmosphere of suspicion
There is an atmosphereofsuspicion and espionage.
climate of suspicion
Reports from foreign visitors also indicate that a climateofsuspicion had been in existence for much longer and had frequently resulted in internal violence.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
See all collocations with suspicion
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/1/23 8:02:51