certainty
英 ['s??t(?)nt?; -t?n-]
美['s?tnti]
- n. 必然；確實(shí)；確實(shí)的事情
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?certainties;
英文詞源
- certainty (n.)
- c. 1300, certeynte, "surety, pledge," from Anglo-French certeinté (late 13c.), Old French certainete "certainty," from Latin or Vulgar Latin *certanitatem (source of Old Spanish certanedad); see certain. Meaning "that which is certain" is attested from early 14c.; meaning "quality of being certain" is from mid-14c.
雙語例句
- 1. Such attitudes are valueless unless they reflect inner cognition and certainty.
- 這種態(tài)度如果不能反映內(nèi)心的認(rèn)知和把握就毫無價(jià)值。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her return to the team now seems a certainty.
- 她的歸隊(duì)現(xiàn)在似乎已成定局。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. I know for a certainty that the company has been bought up.
- 我確實(shí)知道公司已經(jīng)被人收購了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It's a dead certainty that this horse will win the race.
- 這匹馬在比賽中獲勝是必定的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. I can't say with any certainty where I shall be next week.
- 我不能確切地說下周我在什么地方.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》