certainty
- 英式英标[\'sɝtnti]
- 美式音标[\'sɜːt(ə)ntɪ; -tɪn-]
英文词源
- 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.
实用例句
- 1. Such attitudes are valueless unless they reflect inner cognition and certainty.
- 这种态度如果不能反映内心的认知和把握就毫无价值。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Her return to the team now seems a certainty.
- 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. I know for a certainty that the company has been bought up.
- 我确实知道公司已经被人收购了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. It's a dead certainty that this horse will win the race.
- 这匹马在比赛中获胜是必定的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. I can't say with any certainty where I shall be next week.
- 我不能确切地说下周我在什么地方.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
