| 单词 | dubious |
| 释义 | dubious (djuːbiəs , US duː- ) 1. adjective If you describe something as dubious, you mean that you do not consider it to be completely honest, safe, or reliable. This claim seems to us to be rather dubious. Soho was still a highly dubious area. Those figures alone are a dubious basis for such a conclusion. dubiously adverb [ADVERB after verb, ADVERB adjective/-ed] Carter was dubiously convicted of shooting three White men in a bar. 2. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you are dubious about something, you are not completely sure about it and have not yet made up your mind about it. My parents were dubious about it at first but we soon convinced them. [+ about] Synonyms: unsure, uncertain, suspicious, hesitating dubiously adverb He eyed Coyne dubiously. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you say that someone has the dubious honour or the dubious pleasure of doing something, you are indicating that what they are doing is not an honour or pleasure at all, but is, in fact, unpleasant or bad. Nagy has the dubious honour of being the first athlete to be banned in this way. Collocations: dubious character They do not want to identify the source of diamonds because a huge portion of their diamonds comes from countries of dubious character, dubious governments. Globe and Mail Due to its unlawful bonds with public officials of dubious character, the game still exists, more than a hundred years after its creation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Among his many dubious characters are spendthrift bankers, who think nothing of fleecing the public. The Times Literary Supplement Dubious characters that tried their hand at it had become a national joke when their forecasts, inevitably, went wrong. Times, Sunday Times And some dubious characters are interested in the loot. Times, Sunday Times They do not help themselves when they install premium phone lines that charge us for the dubious honour of waiting. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The fashion industry has the dubious honour of being near the top of the list. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It is a very dubious honour. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Other food sensitivity tests of dubious merit include kinesiology (muscle testing), hair analysis and stool tests. Times, Sunday Times Their latest disappointment brought them a minor traffic accident en route to the ground and a point of dubious merit. Times, Sunday Times It pulled off a string of acquisitions of dubious merit, which inflated the debt pile but delivered little profit, often leading to writedowns. Times, Sunday Times Countries pursuing foreign wars of dubious merit or which have little chance of success have often been accused of adventurism by opponents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are those who would say this was the best time to visit, before the dubious merits of the 'fifth worst city on the globe' could be seen clearly. Times, Sunday Times Then there are problems caused by dubious methods sometimes used to shed pounds. The Sun The complaints concern sales agents working for the mobile companies, who are accused of using aggressive and dubious methods to drum up custom. Times, Sunday Times A refusal to accept intelligence gleaned by other countries with dubious methods entails a difficult choice. Times, Sunday Times Many of these healings were staged using audience plants and other dubious methods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The worldly improve their odds with arguably dubious methods, chiefly bribery and doping. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He often rails against the futility and dubious motives of war. The Sun I can only think for some less dubious motives on the part of the programme-makers, casting for sympathy, rather than sport. Times, Sunday Times We can be pretty certain, however, that the largesse has created a network of local kleptocracies along with wellconnected officials using the infrastructure for their dubious motives. Times, Sunday Times Reasonable enough, you might suppose — except that dubious motives for dismissal are apparent in so many of the locals. Times, Sunday Times They are often kept in tiny crowded pens and fed farm meat of dubious origin. Times, Sunday Times Songs of dubious origin rescued from cruel fate and now left wanting only to be cared for. Times, Sunday Times However, as of 2011, the federal government has not attempted to seize the eight examples considered of dubious origin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet there are no blurry photos or dubious origins on these highend sites. Times, Sunday Times This custom has dubious origins. Times, Sunday Times Charm can be a dubious quality, hiding a multitude of sins. Times, Sunday Times In an appendix, he offers a series of charts and statistical equations that supposedly support this conclusion although, to my mind, the equations are, at best, of dubious quality. Times, Sunday Times Scams range from illegal ploys to steal your money to offers of investments that are legal but of dubious quality. Times, Sunday Times They were not above swindling unsuspecting miners, and this dubious quality eventually infected their own relationship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Infomercials have earned a reputation as a medium for advertising scams and products of dubious quality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For 75 minutes it looked as if that dubious record was going to be equalled. ST He also ended his career with a rather dubious record. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He eventually settled for an 18 on the hole, a dubious record that would stand until a golfer made a 19 in 1938. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 English cricket's performance centre has a dubious reputation. The Sun (2015) Why can't it throw off its dubious reputation? Times, Sunday Times (2015) It was branded 'ethically dubious' yesterday for effectively denying a full investigation to half the population. Times, Sunday Times In spite of the regularity of such ethically dubious stunts, the academy publicly tries hard to distance itself from them. Times, Sunday Times At a time when there was virtually no public funding for defendants, elaborate and sometimes ethically dubious arrangements with newspapers were brokered to generate funds. Times, Sunday Times By the same token it surely makes no sense for charitable and other institutions to reject or return donations from dubious sources. Times, Sunday Times Universities are forced to compete fiercely for outside funding, often from dubious sources. Times, Sunday Times Scandals involving money from dubious sources or the apparent sale of honours, on the other hand, swing huge numbers of votes. Times, Sunday Times The more sensational forecasts have often come from dubious sources with little meteorological background, but they make for stunning headlines. Times, Sunday Times Just reviewing this site will show you how to recognize information that may be coming from dubious sources. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It looks as if it has rigged an opinion poll of its members to support a highly dubious policy change that the majority oppose. Times, Sunday Times You see, in some cases, a person's guilt or innocence has been based on highly dubious research which - when left unchallenged - resulted in serious injustice. The Sun It turned out that the original findings were, as many researchers had suspected, highly dubious. Times, Sunday Times Not to mention all those highly dubious two-letter words such as al, de, et, si, or xu? Times, Sunday Times Her siblings, she added, were 'highly dubious'. Times, Sunday Times Here, though, was a story that was more than just one of morally dubious assignations in hotel rooms. Times, Sunday Times We found the reproductive technology racket morally dubious, and we suspected that our marriage would not do well under the pressure of the infertility blame-game. Christianity Today I can't help feeling that anonymity can be a lot more comfortable, and that this doesn't make it morally dubious. Times, Sunday Times Some of them are morally dubious - don't write in, they're not obligatory - but they will save you a bob or two. Times, Sunday Times Both the filmmakers' testy banter and their morally dubious prevarications regarding that hazy but harrowing film footage wax tiresome. Times, Sunday Times This included selling mortgage-backed securities to clients that employees knew to be of dubious value. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps aware of the nature of people's interest in crime, some have suggested that the maps are of dubious value. Times, Sunday Times Cheating on such a vast scale undermines the whole notion of any fair assessment of ability, making the results of dubious value to both employers and universities. Times, Sunday Times The autotuner may be of dubious value when used by professional singers. Globe and Mail The rest pay higher fees at private institutions, often of dubious value. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 暧昧的 Japanese: 怪しげな |
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