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单词 certainty
释义
certainty
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.tən.ti/us
/ˈsɝː.tən.ti/

certaintynoun(IN NO DOUBT)

[C]
something that cannot bedoubted:
确定的事情；必然的事情
There are fewabsolutecertainties inlife.世事无绝对。
B2[U]
thestateof beingcompletelyconfidentor having nodoubtabout something:
肯定；确定；确实；确信
I'munabletoanswerthatquestionwithany certainty.我不能确切地回答出那个问题。
More examples
  • Somehow sheknew, withdeep-downcertainty, that hersonwas stillalive.
  • Each one of usfacesthe certainty that we are going todie.
  • I can't say I'mcertainthey'llwin, because there are no certainties inlife, but they've got anexcellentchance.
  • Can youstatewith certainty that this is the same man yousawon thatday?
  • Hestoodup anddeclaredhisfaithwithabsolutecertainty.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Certainty
  • (as) clear as dayidiom
  • (as) sure as eggs is eggsidiom
  • and that's flat!idiom
  • assured
  • assuredly
  • deffo
  • definite
  • definitely
  • definitive
  • definitively
  • nailsomethingon
  • nailed on
  • natch
  • not miss a beatidiom
  • not miss/skip a beatidiom
  • solidity
  • squarely
  • watertight
  • would
  • you can bet your lifeidiom
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Confidence & self-assurance

certaintynoun(EXTREMELY LIKELY)

C2[C]
something that is verylikelytohappen:
必然的事；很有可能发生的事
Joan willwin- that's a certainty.琼会赢的——这是必然的。
[+ to infinitive]Joan is a certaintytowin.琼一定会赢。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inevitable
  • all roads lead to Romeidiom
  • automatic
  • automatically
  • be (only) a matter of timeidiom
  • be damned ifyoudo and damned ifyoudon'tidiom
  • be nothing for itidiom
  • be part and parcel ofsomethingidiom
  • implacability
  • implacable
  • implacably
  • inalienable
  • ineluctable
  • inexorably
  • it can't be helpedidiom
  • relentless
  • relentlessly
  • relentlessness
  • seal
  • unavoidably
  • unstoppable
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(Definition ofcertaintyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

certainty| American Dictionary

certainty
noun
us
/ˈsɜr·tən·ti/

certaintynoun(SURE KNOWLEDGE)

[U]
thesureknowledgethat something istrue:
Can you say withabsolutecertainty that this is the man yousaw?

certaintynoun(CERTAIN EVENT)

[C]
something that has nopossibilityof any otherresult; something that youknowwillhappenin aparticularway:
There are few certainties inlife.
(Definition ofcertaintyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcertainty

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Unfortunately, this absence results in claims that have little or no grounding in data, often contravened by facts that are biological certainties.
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Careful attention to apparent probabilities and certainties and the achievement of overall integration and coherence are clearly desiderata then.
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Such choices will include decisions to spend, save, or invest at various points in life and decisions to insure against various risks or certainties.
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Communism was both an answer to the loss of moral certainties as reflected in nihilism, but was itself a carrier of nihilistic thought.
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Reflecting the interpretive and experiential dynamics that mediate knowledge, transformative practitioners focus on creating possibilities rather than certainties.
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Research is beginning to confirm what art has done for centuries: play on the ambiguity between expected certainties and deflected actualities.
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First, it is one of the most stable underlying certainties in economics and social sciences.
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What business had the government in unsettling opinions, disturbing the certainties of identity and outlook?
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Still, some of the things perceived could unsettle pre-philosophical certainties and stimulate the quest for philosophical knowledge.
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The old certainties have crumbled and it is important that we make space for different approaches and previously ignored aspects of the subject.
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The certainties of the fuzzy prototypes and the matching degree are expressed by means of linguistic values.
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He placed today's satirists in a context where old liberal left certainties were less clear.
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What happens to those who wish for the old certainties of the lifecourse is another aspect of earlyretirement that needs to be addressed.
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Contemporary questioning of methodological certainties raises the question of how the project of an experimental social psychology arose in the first place.
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In fact the authorities, still fearing the nostalgic power of communism with its absolute certainties and law and order of the strong-arm variety, closed the square, anticipating an ambivalent celebration.
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Collocationswithcertainty

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These are words often used in combination withcertainty.

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absolute certainty
Its application is time-consuming and expensive for obtainingabsolutecertainty.
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certainty of punishment
Crimes are repressed by the certainty of punishment.
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complete certainty
However, due to our design we do not havecompletecertaintyabout the nature of the observed effects.
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