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单词 skeptic
释义
skeptic
noun[C]
mainlyUS(UKusuallysceptic)
uk
/ˈskep.tɪk/us
/ˈskep.tɪk/
apersonwhodoubtsthetruthorvalueof anideaorbelief:
持怀疑态度的人
People say it cancurecolds, but I'm a skeptic.人们说它能治感冒，我有些怀疑。
toconvincethe skeptics说服持怀疑态度的人
Synonym
doubter
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Suspecting & questioning
(Definition ofskepticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

skeptic| American Dictionary

skeptic
noun[C]
us
/ˈskep·tɪk/
apersonwhodoubtsthetruthorvalueof anideaorbelief

skeptical

adjectiveus
/ˈskep·tɪ·kəl/
They’re very skeptical of hismotives.

skepticism

noun[U]us
/ˈskep·təˌsɪz·əm/
Hedisplaysahealthyskepticism toward his ownbeliefs.
(Definition ofskepticfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofskeptic

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Yet that rhetoric could no longer be deployed so unproblematically, or if it were it could be targeted by skeptics and opponents.
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A numbersskepticwho made binary comparisons of alternatives could prefer (ii) to (iii), and (iii) to (iv), without giving weight to benefit size.
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But why should the size of the benefit, from the same low baseline, matter to the numbersskeptic?
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Askepticmight question why any moral weight should be given to the decisions and preferences of people who have died.
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This provides welcome sharper focus on numerous points, and tempers more radical views of grammaticalization, though it probably will not convince skeptics.
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We also did not believe our descriptions of mice freely climbing about the underside of water filled cages, would pacify the skeptics either.
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In ranking (i) > (ii) > (iii) > (iv), the numbersskepticrejects inequality that results from distributing the benefit in multiple increments.
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On the other were the skeptics who sometimes openly disparaged science and at other times more cautiously expressed reservations about the scientific enterprise.
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So the numbersskepticcould avoid a preference for (i) over (ii) simply by denying the moral relevance of benefit size.
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Rather, skeptics believe policymakers establish their policy positions on other grounds and evoke analogies for the purposes of persuasion and post hoc justification.
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Legal skeptics maintain, however, that the existence of legal systems and their contents cannot be known by human beings.
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This paper does not attempt to address askepticwho maintains that there are no true propositions about value.
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It was only as a thoroughskepticthat one could easily dispense with the old when a better alternative presented itself.
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Indeed, this appears to be a more plausible basis for a numbersskepticto rank (ii) > (iii) > (iv).
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In a scientific community of skeptics or pluralists, on the other hand, the net result is just the same.
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