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uncertainly

/uhn-sur-tn/US // ʌnˈsɜr tn //UK // (ʌnˈsɜːtən) //

不确定,不确定地,不确定的,不明确

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
    • : not confident, assured, or free from hesitancy: an uncertain smile.
    • : not clearly or precisely determined; indefinite; unknown: a manuscript of uncertain origin.
    • : vague; indistinct; not perfectly apprehended: an abstruse novel with uncertain themes.
    • : subject to change; variable; capricious; unstable: a person of uncertain opinions.
    • : ambiguous; unreliable; undependable: Her loyalties are uncertain.
    • : dependent on chance or unpredictable factors; doubtful; of unforeseeable outcome or effect.
    • : unsteady or flickering, as light; of changing intensity or quality.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inirregularly
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Examples

  • It is uncertain what the year ahead holds, but it is likely that following the pandemic the “staycation” will become more popular.

  • As points of contact between mathematics and reality, particles straddle both worlds with an uncertain footing.

  • In that sense, Cat-Su Sando serves as a test ground for what might come next in an uncertain market.

  • She studied it briefly then looked at me as if uncertain what to do next.

  • This is great news for yet-private startups that have had to deal with a recession, an uneven and at-times uncertain funding market, an election cycle and other unknowns this year.

  • And the Ukrainian army, slowly, uncertainly, but ineluctably, is closing in on this besieged ghost-town of a city.

  • He seemed so at ease with the people there, and they with him, that I asked uncertainly where he came from.

  • The result was an extra month of uncertainly that impeded an already volatile hiring market.

  • When her husband died in a suicide, she stumbled uncertainly at first.

  • “Everybody brags on being the most aggrieved,” the mayor explained as he settled uncertainly onto the edge of the sofa table.

  • When they reached the house Betty started to knock, then paused uncertainly, her hand uplifted.

  • Muttering curses, and swaying uncertainly on his feet, Talpers seized his hat and rushed from the house.

  • The answer seemed to break up the order of his prearranged consolations, and he sat looking at her uncertainly.

  • Someone thrust her out of the door with others, and she began to step aimlessly, uncertainly, along the broad street.

  • He assumed the upright posture, and standing uncertainly for a few seconds, fixed his eyes on the prisoner.