suspecting
present participle ofsuspect
| 单词 | suspecting |
| 释义 | suspecting present participle ofsuspect suspect verb[T] uk/səˈspekt/us/səˈspekt/suspectverb[T](THINK LIKELY)B2 tothinkorbelievesomething to betrueorprobable: Sofar, thepolicedo not suspectfoulplay. [+ (that)]We had noreasonto suspect(that)he mighttrytokillhimself. "Do youthinkshe'll have told them?" "I suspectnot/so."
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
suspectverb[T](THINK GUILTY)B2 tothinkthat someone hascommittedacrimeor done somethingwrong: No oneknowswhokilledher, but thepolicesuspect herhusband. Thepolicesuspect himofcarryingout twobombattacks. Three suspectedterroristshave beenarrested.
Guilty
suspectverb[T](DOUBT)C2 to nottrust; todoubt: I have noreasonto suspect herhonesty/loyalty. We suspected hismotivesin making hisoffer. Suspecting & questioning
Examplesofsuspectingsuspecting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Nineteenth-century critics prescribe dainty strategies to represent the body in extremis, as ifsuspectingsomething of the dangers of looking upon it. From theCambridge English Corpus I managed to graduate withoutsuspectingthe existence of a scientific discipline of economics. From theCambridge English Corpus Suspectingthat she was pregnant only after her second missed period, she did not discuss the situation with anybody until 21 weeks gestation. From theCambridge English Corpus However, many narrators wrote only reluctantly,suspectingthat their life stories were too mundane to be of any interest to anybody. From theCambridge English Corpus I am not alone insuspectinga very particular political agenda. From theCambridge English Corpus The principal correlate of delay insuspectingpregnancy in both groups was a belief that missed periods were due to some cause other than pregnancy. From theCambridge English Corpus There are two basic reasons forsuspectingthat bilinguals' metalinguistic abilities might relate to their theory of mind abilities. From theCambridge English Corpus Patients with high lie scores were late insuspectingtheir pregnancies. From theCambridge English Corpus As with attitude uncertainty, there are grounds forsuspectingthat engaging in political conversation may enhance individuals' sense of political efficacy. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no reason forsuspectingthat the structure on the average is not symmetric with respect to the plane of symmetry (of the spark). From theCambridge English Corpus It turns out that he should startsuspectingsomething is wrong after 8 heads are tossed in a row, because 0.99r0.58<0.01r0.5. From theCambridge English Corpus Theories of media influence, however, offer grounds forsuspectingpronounced effects. From theCambridge English Corpus He had passed through his artistic career withoutsuspectingthat he was a colour vision defective or any of his fellow studentssuspectingit. From theCambridge English Corpus Differential bias may be introduced if doctors working in areas with low leptospirosis incidence have a higher threshold forsuspectingand investigating cases of leptospirosis. From theCambridge English Corpus There was also empirical support forsuspectinga curvilinear shape of change with the most marked change occurring between the first and second reading. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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