詞匯精選:certainty的用法和辨析
一、詳細(xì)釋義:
n.
確定的事,必然的事
例句:
That is a certainty.
這是必然的事。
例句:
There are no certainties in modern Europe.
當(dāng)代歐洲沒(méi)有什么是確定無(wú)疑的。
確定,有把握
例句:
I do not know with certainty if Mark will be at home tomorrow
我并不確實(shí)知道馬克明天是否在家。
例句:
It can be said with certainty that he did it.
可以確定的說(shuō),那件事是他干的。
必然(性),肯定(性)
例句:
A general election became a certainty three weeks ago.
3個(gè)星期前舉行普選已確定無(wú)疑。
例句:
I began to realize the certainty of freezing to death if I remained where I was.
我開始認(rèn)識(shí)到,如果我呆在原地不動(dòng),必定凍死無(wú)疑。
二、詞義辨析:
certainty,assurance,conviction
這些名詞均含有“確信無(wú)疑”之意。 certainty指在客觀上和主觀上都無(wú)一絲一毫的懷疑。 assurance側(cè)重依靠個(gè)人力量、本能、方法或?qū)ζ渌嘶蚴碌耐耆湃?,?qiáng)調(diào)有信心。 conviction多指在理性基礎(chǔ)上清除了原有的疑慮或無(wú)把握,著重對(duì)證據(jù)的主觀反應(yīng)。
三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ):
moral certainty
n.接近必然的可能性,確實(shí)可靠性
四、參考例句:
We have no?certainty?of success.
我們沒(méi)有成功的把握。
We have no certainty of success.
我們沒(méi)有成功的把握。
It can be said with certainty that he did it.
可以確定的說(shuō),那件事是他干的。
Her return to the team now seems a certainty.
她的歸隊(duì)現(xiàn)在似乎已成定局。
We do not believe that climate change is a certainty.
我們相信氣候變化不是必然的。
A general election became a certainty three weeks ago.
3個(gè)星期前舉行普選已確定無(wú)疑。
England will lose the match—that is a certainty!
這場(chǎng)比賽英格蘭要輸——這是肯定的!
I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy.
我十分確定地告訴他們政策不會(huì)有變。
I began to realize the certainty of freezing to death if I remained where I was.
我開始認(rèn)識(shí)到,如果我呆在原地不動(dòng),必定凍死無(wú)疑。
Both Descartes and Husserl devoted themselves to questing for the certainty of philosophy.
笛卡爾和胡塞爾都探索著哲學(xué)的確定性。
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