Certainty
['sɜːt(ə)ntɪ;-tɪn-] or ['sɝtnti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) something that is certain; 'his victory is a certainty'.
(noun.) the state of being certain; 'his certainty reassured the others'.
整理:维维安--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
(n.) A fact or truth unquestionable established.
(n.) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.
海丝特編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Surety, indubitableness, certitude, freedom from doubt.[2]. Truth, fact, fixed fact, accomplished fact, real state.
科琳錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Assurance, demonstrableness, positiveness, unquestionableness, confidence,conviction
ANT:Dubiousness, precariousness, casualty, vicissitude, uncertainty, irregularity,hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision
手打:奥拉夫
例句/造句/用法:
- A commanding general cannot base his actions upon either absolute certainty or absolute ignorance. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- But what I have of certainty, sir, said Richard, is not all I have. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In all the different employments of stock, the ordinary rate of profit varies more or less with the certainty or uncertainty of the returns. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- All that he has of certainty will be expended when he is fully equipped. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Cos, says Jo with a perplexed stare but without being at all shaken in his certainty, cos that there's the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Poor Hermione, it was her one possession, this aching certainty of hers, it was her only justification. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Miss Bingley said something of his never returning to Netherfield again, of giving up the house, but not with any certainty. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- It is a certainty. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The marriage is a certainty. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He was only restored to comparative calmness by repeated assurances of the certainty of discovering the fugitive. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But the terrible certainty of his words remained the same. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I searched the Dundee records, and when I found that the barque 'Lone Star' was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a certainty. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- My feelings are at present in a state of dreadful indecision; I wish to acquit you, but certainty on either side will be ease to what I now suffer. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Who can measure probabilities against certainties? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Are no probabilities to be accepted, merely because they are not certainties? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
整理:肯尼思