certainty
美音:
[´sə:təntı
]英音:
[´sə:təntı
]n.确定,确实的事情
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名词复数:certainties
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-ty 表示抽象名称的词尾 变化型 -ety,-ity
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certainty
/'sɜ:tntɪ; `sɝtntɪ/ n
1 [C] thing that is certain 确定的事情
*England will lose the match that's a certainty! 这场比赛英格兰要输--这是肯定的!
* That horse is a certainty, ie is certain to win. 那匹马赢定了(准赢).
2 [U] state of being certain 确知; 确信; 确实; 必然
*I can't say with any certainty where I shall be next week. 我说不准我下星期在什么地方.
* We can have no certainty of success. 我们没有成功的把握.
certainty
npluralcertainties
[U]
the state of being completely certain
with certainty
She knew with absolute certainty that he'd say no.
The result is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty .
[U]
the fact that something is certain to happen
certainty of (doing) sth
the certainty of being caught
certainty that
There's no certainty that he'll remember.
[C]
something that is definitely true or that will definitely happen
He usually does quite well, but it's not a certainty.
The only certainty is that there will need to be major changes.
1. But other suns, stars as the astronomers call them, are bound to have planets like our own, and as the number of stars in the universe is so vast, this possibility becomes virtual certainty. 但是,其他的太阳,既天文学家所说的恒星,肯定会有像我们地球一样的行星。因为宇宙中恒星的数目极其庞大,所以存在着产生生命星球的这种可能性是肯定无疑的。
2. Descartes had unsuccessfully searched for certainty, first in the world of books, and then in the world of men. Then in a dream on November 10, 1619, he made the significant discovery that he could only find certainty in his own thoughts, cogito erg 在这之前,笛卡儿一直在寻找确定性,先是在书本里,然后是在人群中,但均未成功。之后,在1619年11月10日的一个睡梦中,他有了一个意义重大的发现,即确定性只存在于自己的思想中,"我思,故我在"。
3. Its certainty has been accepted. 这事的确实性已得到承认。
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