du·bi·ous /ˈdubiəs ||dju-/
(a.)可疑的,不確定的
Du·bi·ous a.
1. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. “Dubious policy.”
A dubious, agitated state of mind.
2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.
Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious pocket handkerchief. --Thackeray.
3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle.
Syn: -- Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal; uncertain. Cf. Doubtful.
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dubious
adj 1: fraught with uncertainty or doubt; "they were doubtful that
the cord would hold"; "it was doubtful whether she
would be admitted"; "dubious about agreeing to go"
[syn: doubtful]
2: open to doubt or suspicion; "the candidate's doubtful past";
"he has a dubious record indeed"; "what one found
uncertain the other found dubious or downright false"; "it
was more than dubitable whether the friend was as
influential as she thought"- Karen Horney [syn: doubtful,
dubitable, in question(p)]
3: not convinced; "they admitted the force of my argument but
remained dubious"