sceptical

US [ˈskeptɪk(ə)l]
UK ['skeptɪk(ə)l]
  • adj.怀疑的
  • Web常怀疑的；持怀疑态度；持怀疑态度的

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sceptical
adj.
1.
~ (about/of sth)
怀疑的having doubts that a claim or statement is true or that sth will happen
I am sceptical about his chances of winning.
我怀疑他取胜的可能性。
The public remain sceptical of these claims.
公众对这些说法仍持怀疑态度。
She looked highly sceptical.
她一脸深表怀疑的神色。

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Even fully paid-up members of the Enlightenment, people who would not for a moment deny humanity's simian ancestry, are often sceptical.
即使是完全信赖启蒙运动的人士，这些从不否认人的猿血统祖先的人们，也经常持怀疑论。
jí shǐ shì wán quán xìn lài qǐ méng yùn dòng de rén shì , zhè xiē cóng bù fǒu rèn rén de yuán xuè tǒng zǔ xiān de rén men , yě jīng cháng chí huái yí lùn 。
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Carry traders were lulled into a false sense of security, while more sceptical competitors joined in for fear of underperforming.
利差交易者被安全的错觉所麻痹，同时稍微警惕一些的竞争对手因害怕业绩不佳，也加入了这一行列。
lì chā jiāo yì zhě bèi ān quán de cuò jué suǒ má bì , tóng shí shāo wēi jǐng tì yì xiē de jìng zhēng duì shǒu yīn hài pà yè jì bù jiā , yě jiā rù le zhè yī háng liè 。
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3.
One sceptical analyst says: "The bottom will come when everyone at last gives up ever trying to find it. "
一位持怀疑态度的分析师表示：“当所有人最后都放弃寻找底部的时候，底部就出现了。”
yī wèi chí huái yí tài du de fēn xī shī biǎo shì : " dāng suǒ yǒu rén zuì hòu dōu fàng qì xún zhǎo dǐ bù de shí hou , dǐ bù jiù chū xiàn le 。 "
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4.
When MicroPort, a Chinese upstart, came out with products that were 40% cheaper, he recalls, doctors were initially sceptical.
当中国新秀，微创医疗公司的产品比西方公司便宜40%时，李炳荣回忆起那时医生们还抱着怀疑态度。
dāng zhōng guó xīn xiù , wēi chuàng yī liáo gōng sī de chǎn pǐn bǐ xī fāng gōng sī pián yi bǎi fēn zhī sì shí shí , lǐ bǐng róng huí yì qǐ nà shí yī shēng men hái bào zhe huái yí tài du 。
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Slovakia, a more conservative place, tends to adopt a more sceptical approach to liberal innovations like relaxing drug laws.
斯洛伐克则更为保守，对于像放松毒品方面的法律此类趋向自由的改革往往持怀疑态度。
sī luò fá kè zé gèng wéi bǎo shǒu , duì yú xiàng fàng sōng dú pǐn fāng miàn de fǎ lǜ cǐ lèi qū xiàng zì yóu de gǎi gé wǎng wǎng chí huái yí tài du 。
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He said he did not expect to get a permit before next spring: "People are very, very sceptical. "
他认为不可能在明年春季得到许可，因为人们的怀疑态度相当浓厚。
tā rèn wéi bù kě néng zài míng nián chūn jì dé dào xǔ kě , yīn wèi rén men de huái yí tài du xiāng dāng nóng hòu 。
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He came to power in 2006 sceptical of Canada's traditional multilateralism ( "a weak-nation strategy" , he said) and of the UN itself.
2006年，史蒂芬•哈珀带着对加拿大一贯的多边政策（用他自己的话说，那是一种“弱国策略”）以及对联合国的怀疑态度上台执政。
èr líng líng liù nián , shǐ dì fēn • hā pò dài zhe duì jiā ná dà yí guàn de duō biān zhèng cè ( yòng tā zì jǐ de huà shuō , nà shì yī zhǒng " ruò guó cè lüè " ) yǐ jí duì lián hé guó de huái yí tài du shàng tái zhí zhèng 。
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The UK, while sceptical about certain aspects of the European project, has always been a staunch supporter of the single market.
英国虽然对欧洲事务的某些方面持怀疑态度，但一直都是单一市场的坚定支持者。
yīng guó suī rán duì ōu zhōu shì wù de mǒu xiē fāng miàn chí huái yí tài du , dàn yì zhí dōu shì dān yī shì chǎng de jiān dìng zhī chí zhě 。
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However there has been a sceptical response from parts of both the food production industry and the agricultural research community.
然而，粮食生产部门和农业研究界也对此发出了怀疑的反应。
rán ér , liáng shi shēng chǎn bù mén hé nóng yè yán jiū jiè yě duì cǐ fā chū le huái yí de fǎn yìng 。
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Will all this be enough? So far, investors seem sceptical: Starbucks' share price remains barely a quarter of its all-time high in 2006.
这样做就够了吗？迄今为止，投资者似乎持怀疑态度：星巴克的股票价格仍然是2006年历史最高水平的四分之一。
zhè yàng zuò jiù gòu le ma ? qì jīn wéi zhǐ , tóu zī zhě sì hū chí huái yí tài du : xīng bā kè de gǔ piào jià gé réng rán shì liǎng qiān líng liù nián lì shǐ zuì gāo shuǐ píng de sì fēn zhī yī 。
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