| 词汇 | doubt |
| 释义 | doubt noun[ C or U ] uk /daʊt/ us /daʊt/ B1 (a feeling of) not being certain about something, especially about how good or true it is: （尤指对好坏、真实性的）怀疑，疑虑，疑问 have doubts aboutI'm having doubts about his ability to do the job.我对他是否能胜任此项工作还有一些疑问。 doubt about If there's any doubt about the rocket's engines, we ought to cancel the launch.如果对火箭发动机还存有任何疑虑，我们都应该取消此次发射。 doubt over The company's actions have cast doubt over its ability to rescue the loss-making business. beyond reasonable doubtThe prosecution has to establish his guilt beyond reasonable doubt. raise doubts This latest scandal has raised doubts about whether he could win the election.最近这宗丑闻让人们对他是否能够赢得大选表示怀疑。 [ + (that) ]I never had any doubt (that) you would win.我从未怀疑你会获胜。 no doubt about thatHe's the most attractive man in the room, no doubt about that. no doubt about itNo doubt about it, that's the best game I have seen since last year. no doubt C1 used to emphasize that what you are saying is true or likely to happen: 毫无疑问，毋庸置疑，肯定 We will, no doubt, discuss these issues again at the next meeting.毫无疑问，我们在下次会议上还要讨论这些问题。 cast doubt on something C2 to make something seem uncertain: 对…怀有疑虑，对…表示怀疑 Witnesses have cast doubt on the accused's innocence.证人们对嫌疑人是否清白表示怀疑。 in doubt B2 If the future or success of someone or something is in doubt, it is unlikely to continue or to be successful: 不确定，前途未卜 The future of the stadium is in doubt because of a lack of money.由于缺少资金，该体育馆能否建成还不确定。 without (a) doubt B2 used to emphasize your opinion: 毫无疑问 She is without (a) doubt the best student I have ever taught.毫无疑问她是我教过的最优秀的学生。 There is little doubt that poor medical treatment hastened her death.毫无疑问，糟糕的治疗加速了她的死亡。 There are doubts about the effectiveness of the new drug in treating the disease.对这种新药的疗效有些疑问。 The government expressed serious doubts about the legitimacy of military action . It's quite natural to experience a few doubts just before you get married.结婚前你会产生些许疑虑，这是很自然的。 I always had some doubt about the scheme but I never expressed it. Suspecting & questioning ask questions of someone/somethingidiom challenge challengingly cynic cynical about someone/something cynically cynicism interrogate query reservation reserve sceptic sceptical sceptically scepticism skeptical skeptically suspect suspected suspiciously GrammarNo doubt or without doubt? We can use no doubt when we think that what we are saying is likely to happen, or when we think it is true. It is similar to ‘I suppose’ or ‘I imagine’: … doubt verb[ T ] uk /daʊt/ us /daʊt/ B2 to not feel certain or confident about something or to think that something is not probable: 怀疑;不确定，不肯定 doubt whether I doubt whether I can finish the work on time. doubt if I doubt if anyone knows where the key to this lock is. [ + that ]They had begun to doubt that it could be done.他们开始怀疑能否做到。 He may come back tomorrow with the money, but I very much doubt it.也许明天他会把钱带回来，但我对此深表怀疑。 I don't doubt his abilities.我并不怀疑他的能力。 doubt someone/doubt someone's word C1 to not trust someone or believe what they say: 不相信，不信任，怀疑（某人／某人的话） He's never lied to me before, so I have no reason to doubt his word.以前他从未对我说过谎，因此我没有理由怀疑他说的话。 I doubt whether it'll work.我怀疑这是否能起作用。 He gave his word that he would marry her and she had no cause to doubt him.他保证会与她结婚，她没有理由怀疑他。 He'd been behaving so strangely that they began to doubt his sanity. I only caught a fleeting glimpse of the driver of the getaway car, but I doubt I would recognize her if I saw her again. No one doubted that the president was a man of the highest integrity.没有人怀疑总裁是个光明磊落的人。 Suspecting & questioning ask questions of someone/somethingidiom challenge challengingly cynic cynical about someone/something cynically cynicism interrogate query reservation reserve sceptic sceptical sceptically scepticism skeptical skeptically suspect suspected suspiciously GrammarI doubt if, I don’t know whether We use if or whether to introduce clauses after verbs of doubting: … doubt | American Dictionarydoubt noun[ C/U ] us/dɑʊt/ a feeling of not knowing what to believe or what to do, or the condition of being uncertain: [ C ]If you have any doubt about her ability, don’t hire her. [ + that clause ]There’s no doubt that the show will be successful. [ U ]The future of the entire project is in some doubt. [ C ]She is without a doubt (= certainly) one of the best students I’ve ever had. doubt verb[ T ] us/dɑʊt/ to be uncertain about something or someone, or to have difficulty believing something: [ T ]He may come back tomorrow with the money, but I doubt it. Examples of doubtdoubt No doubt there is some revised physiological story to be told. Many will no doubt agree with this conclusion even if they do not agree with the path this book took to reach them. There can indeed be little doubt that the last decade has seen fierce theoretical competition between different perspectives. Overall, the empirical findings seem consistent with the first assumption of structural description models, but some doubts remain. He did, and there is no doubt that viewed from 2006, his work suffered accordingly. The discovery of vortex structures in the turbulent mixing layer raises serious doubts about the validity of self-preservation arguments. I have argued that there are reasons for doubting that viable fetuses come within the scope of the constraint against harmful using. Also, we do have doubts about the practicalities of undertaking randomized controlled trials in some circumstances. This fact no doubt constrained the recognition rates for all the tested local pronunciations. Available information is insufficient to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that average temperatures are increasing worldwide. All of these doubts are epistemologically permissible and quite understandable in view of the existing deep difficulties. There is no doubt that greater thought and energy are directed towards the first objective. The latter had decided to tell him the truth, and explained that none of the staff doubted his talent. No doubt there will be debates about how far determinacy will take us. This is no doubt related to the increased interest in gas centrifuges as a means of separating uranium isotopes. 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 withdoubtdoubtThese are words often used in combination with doubt. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. benefit of doubt In the first case, a new metonym can have the benefit of doubt with critics of economic man and gain some initial sympathy. considerable doubt This finding should raise considerable doubt about previous notions that state-level economic prosperity does not impact state election outcomes. grave doubt Inquests and discussions with fire officers have shown that there are grounds for grave doubt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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