suspicious

英 [s?'sp???s] 美[s?'sp???s]

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suspicious 懷疑的，可疑的

suspicion,懷疑，-ous,形容詞后綴。

suspicious (adj.): mid-14c., "deserving of or exciting suspicion," from Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus "exciting suspicion, causing mistrust," also "full of suspicion, ready to suspect," from stem of suspicere (see suspicion). Meaning "full of suspicion, inclined to suspect" in English is attested from c. 1400. Poe (c. 1845) proposed suspectful to take one of the two conflicting senses. Related: suspiciously; suspiciousness.

1. He reported that two suspicious-looking characters had approached Callendar.: 他報告說兩個形跡可疑的人曾跟卡倫德接觸過。

2. The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.: 警方暗示他們發(fā)現(xiàn)她行為非常可疑。

3. I wasn't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.: 我不會表現(xiàn)得像個疑神疑鬼的妻子一樣自貶身價。

4. The report mentions the death of 18 people in suspicious circumstances.: 那份報告提到18人死亡情況可疑。

5. Nottingham police last night found what they described as a suspicious package.: 諾丁漢警方昨晚找到了他們聲稱的可疑包裹。