certainty

英 [ˈsɜːtnti]

美 [ˈsɜːrtnti]

n.  确实的事; 必然的事; 确信; 确实; 确定性

复数：certainties　

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牛津词典

noun

• 确实的事；必然的事
  a thing that is certain
  1. political/moral certainties
     政治上 / 道德上确定无疑的事
  2. Her return to the team now seems a certainty.
     她的归队现在似乎已成定局。
• 确信；确实；确定性
  the state of being certain
  1. There is no certainty that the president's removal would end the civil war.
     总统的下台是否会结束内战现在还很难说。
  2. I can't say with any certainty where I'll be next week.
     我根本不知道我下周会在什么地方。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 确定;有把握
  Certaintyis the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
  1. I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy...
     我已经十分肯定地告诉他们，政策不会变。
  2. There is too little certainty about the present state of the German economy.
     德国当前的经济非常不稳定。
• N-UNCOUNT 必然(性);肯定(性)
  Certaintyis the fact that something is certain to happen.
  1. A general election became a certainty three weeks ago.
     3个星期前举行普选已确定无疑。
  2. ...the certainty of more violence and bloodshed...
     发生更多暴力和流血事件的必然性
  3. I began to realize the certainty of freezing to death if I remained where I was.
     我开始认识到，如果我呆在原地不动，必定冻死无疑。
• N-COUNT 确定无疑的事情;必然的事
  Certaintiesare things that nobody has any doubts about.
  1. There are no certainties in modern Europe...
     当代欧洲没有什么是确定无疑的。
  2. The collapse of old certainties is reshaping the political parties.
     陈规旧矩的崩塌正在重塑各个政党。

英英释义

noun

• something that is certain
  1. his victory is a certainty
  Synonym:sure thingforegone conclusion
• the state of being certain
  1. his certainty reassured the others

双语例句

• This is a virtual certainty.
  这是一件已肯定的事。
• It's a dead certainty that this horse will win the race.
  这匹马在比赛中获胜是必定的。
• They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
  他们也领受了，又确实知道，我是从你出来的，并且信你差了我来。
• A good deductive argument gives us conditional certainty.
  一个好的演绎论点给我们有条件的确定性。
• The collapse of old certainties is reshaping the political parties.
  陈规旧矩的崩塌正在重塑各个政党。
• A general election became a certainty three weeks ago.
  3个星期前举行普选已确定无疑。
• There are no certainties in modern Europe
  当代欧洲没有什么是确定无疑的。
• I can say with certainty that this is true.
  我可以很确定地说这是真实的。
• Let us, therefore, not look for certainty and stability.
  因此，我们就不要再寻找确定性和稳定性了。
• It's a dead certainty that the Tories will be re-elected.
  托利党将进行重新选举，是确信无疑的事。