uncertain

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ʌnˈsɜːtən/    美 /ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something uncertain. plural,plural-only,with-definite-article
    — Thinking about the uncertain refines our perception of the certain, and generally this takes place in a framework in which the uncertain is the future and the certain is the present.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not certain; unsure.
    — Conſider man without the protection and conduct of a ſuperior Being, and he is ſecure of nothing that he enjoys in this world, and uncertain of every thing that he hopes for.
  2. Not known for certain; questionable.
    — Tomorrow's weather is uncertain.
  3. Not yet determined; undecided.
  4. Variable and subject to change.
  5. Fitful or unsteady.
    — Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
  6. Unpredictable or capricious.
    — O, woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, / And variable as the shade / By the light quivering aspen made; […]

词形变化

more uncertain comparative uncertainer comparative,nonstandard,rare most uncertain superlative uncertainest nonstandard,rare,superlative

词汇关系

反义词
certain
衍生词
in no uncertain terms
相关词
uncertainly uncertainty

词源

词源 1
From Middle English uncerteyn. By surface analysis, un- + certain.
词源 2
From Middle English uncerteyn. By surface analysis, un- + certain.
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