| 单词 | suspicious |
| 释义 | suspicious —suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/ adjective (DOUBT) ► B2 feeling doubt or no trust in someone or something: » His colleagues became suspicious (= thought that there was something wrong) when he did not appear at work, since he was always punctual.» They are deeply/highly (= very) suspicious of one another/of each other's motives.» My mother has a very suspicious nature (= does not trust people).Thesaurus+: ↑Suspecting and questioning , ↑Questioning people and asking questions in general , ↑Curiosity• • • Extra Examples:» Older people tend to be quite conservative and a bit suspicious of any supposed advances.» She allowed that she might have been too suspicious.» Of course I'm telling the truth - you've got such a suspicious mind!» I was becoming increasingly suspicious of his motives.» We became suspicious when the letter did not arrive.adjective (SEEM GUILTY) ► B2 making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: » Her behaviour was very suspicious.» The fire at the bank is being treated as suspicious.» It's a bit suspicious that no one knows where he was at the time of the murder.» There were some suspicious characters hanging around outside.» There's a suspicious-looking van parked at the end of the road.» His new book bears a suspicious resemblance to a book written by someone else. (= His book is so similar to the other book that it seems as if he has copied it.)Thesaurus+: ↑Strange, suspicious and unnaturalWord Builder:–Nouns: suspect, suspicion–Adjectives: suspect, suspected, unsuspecting, suspicious–Verbs: suspect–Adverbs: suspiciously• • • Extra Examples:» She died in suspicious circumstances.» The public were warned to be on the alert for suspicious packages.» There was something furtive about his behaviour and I immediately felt suspicious.» His reticence about his past made them very suspicious.» He looks very suspicious hanging around by the bins - I'm sure he's up to something. |
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