questionable

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
    — It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
  2. Of dubious respectability or morality.
    — […] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.
  3. Inviting questions; inviting inquiry. obsolete
    — Thou com'ſt in ſuch a queſtionable ſhape / That I will ſpeake to thee.

词形变化

more questionable comparative most questionable superlative quæstionable alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
questionability questionableness questionably unquestionability unquestionable unquestionableness unquestionably

词源

Etymology tree
English question
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English questionable
From question + -able.
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