英语单词

certainty是什么意思

certainty

英 ['sɜːt(ə)ntɪ; -tɪn-] 美 ['sɝtnti]
  • n. 必然;确实;确实的事情

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.

双语例句


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》

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