Skip to main content

scepticism

/skep-tuh-siz-uhm/US // ˈskɛp təˌsɪz əm //

怀疑论,怀疑主义,怀疑态度,怀疑精神

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : skepticism.

Examples

  • In 2020, the initiative gained even more momentum as India tried to position itself as an alternative to China amid a growing global scepticism against the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  • For all my scepticism, I had an unexpectedly romantic evening.

  • He was different from Dick Faversham, who in a frank, schoolboy way had declared his scepticism.

  • A few hours earlier he would have done it without hesitating; but, since he had been there, he had learned distrust, scepticism.

  • He thus, by bringing these into the region of inquiry, paved the way for a new epoch of scepticism.

  • The information was received with some amount of scepticism, but the following day was appointed for an interview with him.

  • His scepticism was universal, and extended to religion, to philosophy, and to everything venerated and ancient.