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- n. 必然；确实；确实的事情
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1. And, if we know it for a certainty, how do we know it?
如果我们确实知道这些情况，我们又是如何得知的呢？
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2. Even humiliated, the flesh is my only certainty. I can live only on it.
即使它被羞辱过，但血肉仍然是我唯一的必然，我只能依赖它。
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3. He spoke with clearness and certainty.
他说的明白确切。
- certainty (n.) c. 1300, certeynte, "surety, pledge," from Anglo-French certeinté (late 13c.), Old French certainete "certainty," from Latin or Vulgar Latin *certanitatem (source of Old Spanish certanedad), from Vulgar Latin *certanus (see certain). Meaning "that which is certain, a clear fact or truth" is attested from early 14c.; meaning "quality or fact of being certain; full assurance of mind, exemption from doubt" is from early 15c.
cer·tainty / ˈsɜːtnti ; NAmE ˈsɜːrtnti / noun ( plural cer·tainties ) 1 [countable ] a thing that is certain 确实的事；必然的事 ◆ political/moral certainties 政治上╱道德上确定无疑的事 ◆ Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。 2 [uncountable ] the state of being certain 确信；确实；确定性 ◆ There is no certainty that the president's removal would end the civil war. 总统下台是否会结束内战现在还很难说。 ◆ I can't say withany certaintywhere I'll be next week. 我不能说准我下周会在什么地方。 certainty certainties cer·tainty / ˈsɜːtnti ; NAmE ˈsɜːrtnti /
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