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单词 dubious
释义
dubious
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒuː.bi.əs/us
/ˈduː.bi.əs/
C2
thoughtnot to becompletelytrueor notableto betrusted:
半信半疑的，可疑的；不确定的；不可信的
Theseclaimsare dubious and notscientificallyproven.这些说法未经科学证实，有些可疑。
He has beenassociatedwith some dubiouscharacters.他曾经与一些可疑人物有交往。
Ruth Ellis has the dubious(=bad)distinctionof being the last woman to behangedinBritain.露丝‧埃利斯背负着英国最后一个被绞死的女人这样一个恶名。
C2
feelingdoubtor notfeelingcertain:
怀疑的；无把握的
I'm dubiousabouthispromisestochangehisways.他承诺将改变行事方式，我对此有些怀疑。
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  • We were always abitdubious about theadvantagesthesechangeswouldactuallybring.
  • Let usthinkfor amomentabout the dubiousbenefitsofnucleartechnology.
  • He's underinvestigationbecause of his dubiousaccountingpractices.
  • Howexactlydid theyworkout thesefigures? Ithinkthey're abitdubious,personally.
  • He wasinvolvedin some dubiousactivitiesin the past which hisformercolleagueshave onlyhintedat.
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dubiously
(Definition ofdubiousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dubious| American Dictionary

dubious
adjective
us
/ˈdu·bi·əs/
probablynottrueor notcompletelytrue;doubtful:
Theteamhad the dubiousdistinctionofranking31st in theleague.
Dubious can alsomeannot to betrusted, or notcompletelymoral:
a dubiouscharacter
(Definition ofdubiousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdubious

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Between-group comparisons would havedubiousvalidity and have been avoided.
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At least some of these assumptions, it will now be argued, aredubious.
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In a constitutionallydubiouspolitical move, the president also challenged the majority coalition by threatening not to sign the 1995 budget.
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Linguists will no doubt find this movedubious.
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Dubiousweighing procedures set off countless disputes between planters and mill owners.
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The seeming challenge comes from a fundamentallydubiousanalysis.
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Conversely, cases for which an example sentence could not easily be invented were considereddubious.
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If in the compositional process the source is transformed and either gesture or cause becomesdubious, then third-order or perhaps remote surrogacy will be invoked.
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At times, attempts to merge them result indubiouseffects.
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Regrettably, the closing chapters are a disappointment, with forced and unlikely associations between architects servingdubiouseditorial purposes.
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Allusions to classical music appear in similarlydubiouscontexts.
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The professional informer was adubiousand thoroughly unreliable dealer in information.
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Commoners were not the only ones who harboreddubioussuspicions.
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Furthermore, even for scholars who aredubiousabout the prospects for generalization or uninterested in its pursuit, theoretical explorations of historical causation remain important.
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The industry has been plagued withdubiouspractices, particularly by some of the small, sometimes unregistered, operators.
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