misgiving

英 [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ]

n.  疑虑; 顾虑

复数：misgivings　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11202 / COCA.13315

牛津词典

noun

• 疑虑；顾虑
  feelings of doubt or anxiety about what might happen, or about whether or not sth is the right thing to do
  1. I had grave misgivings about making the trip.
     对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
  2. I read the letter with a sense of misgiving.
     我看了那封信，感到有些怀疑。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 疑虑;担心
  If you havemisgivingsabout something that is being suggested or done, you feel that it is not quite right, and are worried that it may have unwanted results.
  1. She had some misgivings about what she was about to do...
     她对自己即将要做的事情存有一些顾虑。
  2. The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.
     正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。

英英释义

noun

• doubt about someone's honesty
  Synonym:mistrustdistrustsuspicion
• painful expectation
  Synonym:apprehension
• uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  Synonym:scruplequalm

双语例句

• The industrial park development caused the society to the misgiving of the ecosystem and environmental protection.
  工业园区的发展引起了社会对生态环境保护的担忧。
• I can resign my immortal part to him without misgiving.
  我可以毫无恐惧地把我不朽的部分交给他。
• I read the letter with a sense of misgiving.
  我看了那封信，感到有些怀疑。
• Maybe they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.
  或许他们只是超乎寻常，所以受之无愧。
• At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
  在人生的每个危机时刻，有个富有同情心的朋友，你可以与之推心置腹，倾诉衷肠，这绝对是一种自救之路。
• The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.
  正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。
• They are great simply because the receive life without misgiving.
  他们之所以伟大，仅仅因为珍惜生活。
• He looked with misgiving at the strange man in front of him.
  他怀疑地望着眼前这奇怪的人。
• But, in exploring your misgiving, you are neither being pessimistic nor churlish.
  但探索你的疑虑，你既不悲观也不暴躁。
• A self-satisfied smile began to spread across his face, but gave way in a flash to a frown as a sudden misgiving assailed his ranging mind: what if his daughter should decide in favour of-her lover and refuse to have anything to do with this brilliant scheme?
  渐渐他的脸上浮出了得意的浅笑了，可是只一刹那，他又攒紧了眉头。他的周到的思虑忽然想到万一他那已经有了情人的女儿不肯依他的妙计，可怎么办呢？