incredulous

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a. 怀疑的, 不轻信的

发音

UK /ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/
其它
US /ˌɪnˈkɹɛ.d͡ʒə.ləs/

词形变化

more incredulous 比较级 most incredulous 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Skeptical, disbelieving, or unable to believe.

    可疑的

  2. 2.

    Expressing or indicative of incredulity.

  3. 3.

    Difficult to believe; incredible.

    1984, Supreme Court of Illinois, opinion in People v Terrell, 459 N.E.2d 1337, quoted in David C. Brody, James R. Acker, and Wayne A. Logan, Criminal Law, Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2001), →ISBN, page 564, Faced with these facts, we find it incredulous that [the] defendant had any intent other than the armed robbery of the service station.

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

credulous

近义相关 4

skeptical sceptical disbelieving unbelieving

参见 3

incredible unbelievable distrustful

词源

Borrowed from Latin incrēdulus (“unbelieving”).

来源：wiktionary