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distrustfully

/dis-truhst-fuhl/US // dɪsˈtrʌst fəl //

不信任地,不信任,不信任地说,不信任的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious: An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.

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Examples

  • For her part, Cooper felt so distrustful of men in the business world after her experience that she now says she wants to hire only women for her Spotify team.

  • He said that the lawsuit by the Smiths was “beyond frivolous,” and that the lies told by their attorneys makes him distrustful of anything they put into the court record.

  • A generation disillusioned and distrustful of the “American Dream” hungered for edgier material than the old-fashioned fare enjoyed by their parents.

  • “Instead of developing the tools and ethos of engaged citizens, they learn to stay quiet, make no demands, and be wary and distrustful of political authorities,” Lerman and Weaver write.

  • Duterte’s war on drugs has claimed the lives of two of her sons and the loss has made Rivera deeply distrustful of the authorities.

  • Writing—the next movie, the labels—is a sensible thing for a man grown distrustful of the camera to do.

  • “Dead” was the operative word for Sinatra, that most distrustful of all superstars.

  • A lifetime of abuse had left him distrustful of all humans, and McKeever sought to make himself an exception.

  • He also found the president and vice president to be unnecessarily distrustful of the military.

  • Treviño Morales was distrustful of everyone—except his brother Omar, Z-42—and slept inside his car.

  • Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!

  • The hostility with which he regarded this group of composers had its origin in his distrustful attitude towards society generally.

  • Although exempt from concupiscence and "full of grace," she was so distrustful of herself as if she were in continual danger.

  • Miss Alison Mildmay was severe, but she was not distrustful or suspicious, and the candour of the two girls was unmistakable.

  • Long study and retirement from the busy haunts of men have made him self-distrustful.