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| /ʌnˈsɜːtnti/ |
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| 1 | U a nervous feeling you have because you think bad things might happen 紧张不安 |
| a week of anxiety and uncertainty 一周的焦虑不安 |
| +about/over/as to Minimize uncertainty about the future by taking expert advice. 采纳专家的建议以最大限度地减少对未来的担忧。 |
| | 1a | the fact that something is not known or has not been decided 不知道；不确定 | | +about/over/as to There is uncertainty as to how this research can be used. 怎样利用这项研究还不知道。 | | a degree of uncertainty (=some uncertainty) There’ s still a degree of uncertainty about the time of the accident. 一定程度的不确定 | | uncertainty surrounds sth (=people are very uncertain about it) There is some uncertainty surrounding the future of the club. 对某事物感到不确定 | |
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| 2 | C something that you cannot be certain about or depend on 无把握的事物；靠不住的事物 |
| Uncertainties remain about the factory’ s long-term future. 这家工厂从长远来看还有变数。 |
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