sceptic

英 [ˈskeptɪk]

美 [ˈskeptɪk]

n.  惯持怀疑态度的人; 怀疑论者

复数：sceptics　

Collins.1 / BNC.12024 / COCA.45147

牛津词典

noun

• 惯持怀疑态度的人；怀疑论者
  a person who usually doubts that claims or statements are true, especially those that other people believe in

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 skeptic


• N-COUNT 持怀疑态度的人;怀疑论者
  Ascepticis a person who has doubts about things that other people believe.
  1. He was a born sceptic...
     他天生多疑。
  2. But he now has to convince sceptics that he has a serious plan.
     但是他现在得让怀疑者相信他有一个严肃的计划。

英英释义

noun

• someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
  Synonym:skepticdoubter

双语例句

• If you can't rely on your faculties then you've got nothing with which to construct any sort of argument against the sceptic.
  如果不能依赖感官，你就不能获得任何架构起反对怀疑论的论据。
• But what about the country's biggest global warming sceptic?
  但是，这个国家对全球变暖的最大怀疑又是什么呢？
• A modern Sceptic would point out that the phenomenon merely occurs, and is not either valid or invalid;
  ①一个近代的怀疑主义者会指出，现象仅仅是出现，它既不有效也不无效；
• Sceptic: There was no exhaust flame spurting from beneath the lunar module when it blasted off from the moon.
  质疑者：当登月舱从月球表面起飞时，它的下部没有喷出火焰。
• The determined sceptic can never be silenced.
  坚决的怀疑分子是誓不罢休的。
• Sceptic: Shadows cast by objects on the surface point in different directions, which proves there were several light sources – as in a TV studio.
  质疑者：每个物体投射出的阴影方向均不同，这说明当时有数个光源&就像电视摄影棚中的情况。
• Germany has been the leading Western sceptic in toughening economic sanctions on Iran to discourage its alarming uranium-enrichment programme.
  在对伊朗实行严厉的经济制裁，迫使其放弃让人不安的铀浓缩计划上，德国一直是对这一行为持怀疑态度的主要西方国家。
• Inside every China sceptic is a prophet of the New Yellow Peril waiting to be let out.
  每个中国怀疑论者都有一个呼之欲出的新黄祸的预言。
• The BIS has long been a sceptic about the benefits of ultra-stimulative monetary and fiscal policies and its latest intervention reflects mounting concern that the rebound in capital markets and real estate is built on fragile foundations.
  长期以来，国际清算银行一直对超刺激性货币和财政政策的好处持怀疑态度。该行最近的这次介入反映出，它越来越担心资本市场和房地产的反弹是建立在脆弱的基础上。
• I went into the study as a sceptic, he added.
  他说：我是抱着怀疑的态度进行这项研究的。