disbelieving
present participle ofdisbelieve
| 单词 | disbelieving |
| 释义 | disbelieving present participle ofdisbelieve disbelieve verb[IorT] formaluk/ˌdɪs.bɪˈliːv/us/ˌdɪs.bɪˈliːv/to notbelievesomeone or something: Do you disbelieve me? They said that they disbelieved theevidence. Opposite believe Compare discreditverbformal Not believing
Examplesofdisbelievingdisbelieving In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We are to 'make believe' that such moral statements are true, despite ourdisbelievingthem. From theCambridge English Corpus Disbelievingpatients' symptoms will increase their suffering and erode patient-doctor relationship and trust. From theCambridge English Corpus Should a psychiatrist refrain fromdisbelieving(parts of) a story and take the history at face value? From theCambridge English Corpus But he did not follow the trend ofdisbelievingthe child. From theCambridge English Corpus In particular, they must be able to decide whether they need to acquire further information to get a warrant for believing ordisbelieving. From theCambridge English Corpus The range of responses is summed up at the start of the next chapter: believing, faith-full, purely sceptical, anddisbelieving(195). From theCambridge English Corpus Meanwhile, adisbelievingand increasingly angry population were not in the mood to listen. From theCambridge English Corpus Almost the same proportion were either neutral or doubtful/disbelieving(31 % and 34% respectively). From theCambridge English Corpus That is, must the juror begin the trialdisbelievingevery element of the case that the prosecution must prove or is it sufficient that she disbelieve at least one? From theCambridge English Corpus Swinburne himself is committed to this conclusion, for he holds that viewing a proposition as improbable is equivalent todisbelievingit. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not too much to say that those most concerned, the prospective victims, were dazed anddisbelieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is as follows: first,disbelieving; secondly, bewildered; thirdly, dismayed; fourth, outraged; fifth, revengeful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be unfair in a short speech to start giving quotations which began by making me sceptical, then critical, thendisbelievingand, finally, mystified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My son wasdisbelievingat such an extraordinary facility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It simply illustrates the nonsense of a multiplicity—a plethora even—of representative bodies, which seem to be sprouting before ourdisbelievingeyes weekly, if not monthly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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