certainty
certainty 英 [ˈsɜ:tnti] 美 [ˈsɜrtnti]
n. 必然;确实;确实的事情
名词复数:certainties
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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.
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