dubious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒuː.bi.əs/|/ˈdjuː.bi.əs/|/-bjəs/    美 /ˈdu.bi.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.
    — After he made some dubious claims about the company, fewer people trusted him.
  2. In disbelief; wavering, uncertain, or hesitating in opinion; inclined to doubt; undecided.
    — She was dubious about my plan at first, but later I managed to persuade her to cooperate.
  3. Generally considered imprecise or wrong, but not totally unplayable.

词形变化

more dubious comparative most dubious superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
dubious honor dubious honour dubiously dubiousness dubious tiger moth indubious superdubious undubious
相关词
doubtful doubt

词源

Etymology tree
Latin dubiusbor.
English dubious
From Latin dubius; like doubt, from Latin duo (cognate to English two), implying “two alternatives” (yes or no, true or false, etc.).
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