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。