英文词源
- dubious
- dubious: see doubt
- dubious (adj.)
- 1540s, from Latin dubiosus "doubtful," from dubium "doubt," neuter of dubius "vacillating, moving two ways, fluctuating;" figuratively "wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful," from duo "two" (see two), with a sense of "of two minds, undecided between two things." Old English also used tweo "two" to mean "doubt." Compare doubt (v.). Related: Dubiously; dubiousness.
中文词源
来自拉丁语dubius,二,摇摆,波动,词源同doubt.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:dubious 词源,dubious 含义。
dubious:有问题的,靠不住的;(值得)怀疑的
来源于拉丁语dubius(不确定的,在两种可能性之间摇摆的)。
同源词:doubt, redoubtable辨异:doubtful, dubiousdoubtful 语气较强,明确表示怀疑dubious 语气较弱,猜疑,半信半疑