| 单词 | it is questionable whether |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is questionable whether (also if) a. Of a thing, fact, etc.: open to question or dispute; doubtful, uncertain. Frequently in it is questionable whether (also if). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > [adjective] > causing doubt questionable1443 werefulc1485 scrupulous1548 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 1443 in J. R. N. Macphail Highland Papers (1916) II. 178 Gif ony of thir partyis hafe ony clause in thair chartar unclere or questionabill the parti plenyheand sal..warn his party of the..clausis doutfull and questionabill. 1566 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 480 Undirstanding the tytill of the saidis landis to be questionabill betuix the saidis partiis, and to require the decisioun of the law. 1593 A. Chute tr. Remonstrances f. 5v It is questionable whether the King of Nauarre woulde make himselfe Catholicke. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 122 It is questionable whether they haue any hinds or females. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 127 Making it a thing not questionable by our Prelates and Clergie. 1685 Lady Russell in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 341 The Queen, is not at all well;..'tis questionable if she can endure the ceremony of the Coronation. 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Ded. p. iv The right of juries to return a general verdict, in all cases whatsoever, is..not..in any shape questionable by the legislature. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 63 Whatever rendered property questionable, ambiguous, and insecure. View more context for this quotation 1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 204 This doctrine seems very questionable. 1893 S. Baring-Gould Cheap Jack Zita I. v. 74 The tract over which the ancestral slodger..had exercised more or less questionable rights. 1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Anal. ii. 26 It is highly questionable whether there are languages in which..there actually is a..distinctive opposition of voiced and murmured vowels. 2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 218/1 His secretary would..supervise the researchers in checking questionable facts that had earlier been flagged (‘greened’) on previous drafts. < as lemmas |
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