skeptical
adjective
mainlyUS(UKusuallysceptical)uk/ˈskep.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈskep.tɪ.kəl/C2
doubtingthat something istrueoruseful:
怀疑的,持怀疑态度的Manyexpertsremainskepticalabout/ofhisclaims.很多专家对他的主张仍然持怀疑态度。
- I'm abitskeptical about hischancesofsuccess.
- I take a more skepticalview.
- Danthinksit will allworkout but Iremainskeptical.
- Ruth isconvincedthat it's a goodideabut I'mdeeplyskeptical.
- I've always been skeptical aboutalternativetherapies.
Suspecting & questioning
- ask
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- call into questionidiom
- challenge
- cynical
- cynically
- cynicism
- doubt
- doubter
- doubting Thomas
- fisking
- niggle
- oppugn
- qualm
- reserve
- self-doubt
- skeptic
- smell a ratidiom
- suspicion
- suspicious