英语释义

• unsettled in mind or opinion;

  "drew a few tentative conclusions"

• fraught with uncertainty or doubt;

  "they were doubtful that the cord would hold"

  "it was doubtful whether she would be admitted"

  "dubious about agreeing to go"

• open to doubt or suspicion;

  "the candidate's doubtful past"

  "he has a dubious record indeed"

  "what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"

  "it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"- Karen Horney

片语

doubtful point疑义

doubtful case疑案

doubtful since呆自

doubtful of怀疑的，可疑的；对…怀疑

Doubtful meets呆会见

doubtful hit可疑剑

doubtful about怀疑的，可疑的；对…怀疑

doubtful species可疑种

英汉例句

• however, it is doubtful whether the sudden change of policy will be enough to salvage the pa’s tarnished image.

  然而，很令人怀疑，政策的突然转向是否足以抢救巴勒斯坦自治政府的污点形象。

• it’s highly doubtful that one instance of omitting the truth will give you a stroke, but there’s evidence that the more you lie, the easier it becomes: a recipe for disaster.

  虽然你会觉得一次隐藏真相就会带来中风非常值得怀疑，但是有证据表明，说谎越多，就容易说谎：可称作‘灾难的诀窍’。

• i don「t think we were ever doubtful of the success of this event today, a government spokesman told reporters.

  一名政府发言人在接受记者采访时说：「我们从没怀疑今天的活动能取得成功。

• it is doubtful whether these authors’ writings and commitments after 1945 truly addressed the radicality of the existential problem that they raised here.

  值得怀疑的是：1945年之后这些作者的作品以及行动是否真正地表达了存在主义的本质呢？ 我指的是他们在此所提到的问题。

• it」s doubtful it can cover the losses it agreed to take under the new deal without going belly up.

  这样令我们怀疑，它能够负担得起它所同意的新政策的损失而不需要倒闭。

• in both america and australia the public seems to be growing more doubtful even as policymakers feel more certain of the need for action.

  在美国和澳大利亚，即使政策制定者们更加确信有必要行动，民众的怀疑似乎加深了。

• one possibility (of doubtful legality under the maastricht treaty) was for the efsf to borrow from the ecb, but opposition from the central bank seems to have killed it off.

  一种方式（马斯特里赫特条约下合法性可疑）让欧洲金融稳定基金从欧洲央行借钱，但央行的反对使这一建议搁浅了。

• perhaps, but it is doubtful he would have succeeded. “even at the height of the crisis, [that] proved almost too hard to do, 」 he notes.

  但是很怀疑这样做他会成功，「即便是在危机的最顶峰，证明这笔钱值得花也是非常困难的」保尔森提到。

• will not raise his hand to vote for a proposal with which he does not sincerely sympathize, will vote neither openly nor secretly for a person whom he considers unworthy or of doubtful abilities.

  不举手为任何一个你不真心支持的提议背书，不公开或秘密投票给任何一个你觉得不值得或怀疑其能力的人。

• finally, in the ward, the nurses seem doubtful whether they can find phil a bed, but after a while she is safely tucked up.

  最后在病房里，护士很怀疑能否为菲尔找到一张床，但过了一会，也就被安全放在床上。

• instead speakers invited their listeners to improve the palatability of a doubtful story by adding a little salt, as they might to food.

  文章的意见则是，要想让令人怀疑的故事变得可口，可以「加盐」（添油加醋），就好像烹饪时通过放盐来提升口感。

• some jewelry experts remain doubtful about diamond investing.

  一些珠宝专家对鉆石投资仍表示怀疑。

• if you are doubtful whether you should regularly eat a certain type of food, check if it causes compulsive eating or makes you want to eat even when you do not need more.

  如果你怀疑是否应该经常吃某一类食物，查看一下它是否会使你吃上瘾，甚至在你不需要的时候还想吃。

• travel in the developing world often involves appallingly long, uncomfortable bus journeys with speed-freak drivers, doubtful safety standards and aircon that is permanently set to ‘max’.

  旅行在第三世界国家经常需要乘坐不舒服的、不安全的长途公车。公车的安全标準令人怀疑，空调被长期设定成最大。

• both the supporters of the elected candidate and the supporters of other respectable candidates should refrain from making any provocative and doubtful behavior.

  不论是当选者的支持者还是落选者的支持者都应该克制任何具有煽动性的和怀疑性的行为。

• under these uncomfortable conditions, it is doubtful that doctors can get accurate measurements.

  在这种不舒适的条件下，医生能否得到準确的测量结果是可疑的。

• it is doubtful whether kenya’s government is strong enough to save the mau forest on which nairobi depends for water and hydroelectric power.

  人们怀疑，肯尼亚政府是否足够强大，能够拯救作为内罗毕的水源和水电依赖的茂森林。

• 「timewise, it is doubtful the picture will recover, 」 one crewmember wrote at the time.

  「就时间而言，很怀疑影片拍摄能恢复。」剧组一成员当时写道。

• that seems doubtful -- it would be a formidable terrorist group that decided to build a saturn 5 to wreak havoc on the world, or build a lunar base.

  某种说法显得有点值得怀疑——就是有可能可怕的恐怖组织集团决定建造土星5号对世界实行大破坏，或是建立月球基地。

• without the domain name system, it's doubtful the internet could have grown and flourished as it has.

  要是没有域名系统，互联网能像现在一样成长并且兴旺发达是可疑的。

相似词

uncertain无把握的；多变的；不确定的；信心不足的；靠不住的

questioning盘问，询问

incredulous怀疑的；不轻信的

indecisive犹豫不决的；非决定性的

suspicious可疑的；怀疑的；多疑的

wavering摇摆；动摇；犹豫不决（waver 的现在分词）

distrustful怀疑的；不信任的；可疑的

skeptical怀疑的；（哲学）怀疑论的，不可知论的

irresolute优柔寡断的；踌躇不定的；无决断的

unsure不确定的；不肯定的；没有自信的

disbelieving怀疑（disbelieve的ing形式）；不信

vacillating动摇（vacillate的ing形式）；犹豫

disputable有讨论余地的；真假可疑的

debatable有争议的，有待商榷的

problematic问题的；有疑问的；不确定的

questionable可疑的；有问题的

unbelievable难以置信的；不可信的

dubious可疑的；暧昧的；无把握的；半信半疑的

precarious危险的；不确定的

unclear不清楚的；不易了解的

incredible不能相信的，难以置信的；极好的，极大的

controversial有争议的；有争论的

cynical愤世嫉俗的；冷嘲的

alleged宣称（allege的过去式和过去分词）；断言

conjectural推测的；好推测的

fishy鱼的；可疑的；似鱼的；呆滞的

improbable不大可能的，未必确实的；不可信的；未必会发生的

ambiguous模糊不清的，模棱两可的；不明确的，不明朗的；引起歧义的

相反词

sure确信的；可靠的；必定的

confident自信的；确信的

certainpro 某些；某几个

precise精确的；明确的；严格的

clearad 清晰地；完全地

evident明显的；明白的