Sceptic
[skeptik]
解釋/意思:
(-) Alt. of Scepticism
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Written also Skeptic.] [1]. Doubter.[2]. Deist, infidel, unbeliever, free thinker.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Doubter, infidel, un_believer, deist
ANT:Believer
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解釋/意思:
adj. pertaining to the philosophical school in ancient Greece of Pyrrho and his successors: doubting: hesitating to admit the certainty of doctrines or principles: (theol.) doubting or denying the truth of revelation.—ns. Scep′sis Skep′sis philosophic doubt; Scep′tic one who is sceptical: (theol.) one who doubts or denies the existence of God or the truths of revelation.—adv. Scep′tically.—n. Scep′ticalness.—v.i. Scep′ticise to act the sceptic.—n. Scep′ticism that condition in which the mind is before it has arrived at conclusive opinions: doubt: the doctrine that no facts can be certainly known: agnosticism: (theol.) doubt of the existence of God or the truth of revelation.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Matthew, sceptic and scoffer, had already failed to subscribe a prompt belief in that pain about the heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Her father might be a heretic; but had not she, in her despairing doubts not five minutes before, shown herself a far more utter sceptic? 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The sceptic will object,—Fairy tales! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- I am afraid that I am still a sceptic, he said. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Little sceptic, you _shall_ be convinced. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- What a little sceptic it is! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- For my part, I must plead the privilege of a sceptic, and confess, that this difficulty is too hard for my understanding. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- It is easy for the sceptic to mock at these disputes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Now in all ages there have been sceptics in Christendom. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- If they did not make very many converts, at least they made sceptics among the adherents of the older faiths. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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