| 单词 | sure |
| 释义 | sure (once / 17 pages) 1adjadv 2adj 3adj Being sure has to do with being certain, convinced, trustworthy, or dependable. You can trust a sure thing. Besides being a synonym for yes, sure has to do with lots of kinds of dependability. If you have a sure eye, then you have good aim, maybe with shooting a basketball or throwing darts. If you're sure of yourself, you're confident. A sure thing or sure bet is something almost certain to happen. If you're 100% convinced of something, you're sure of it. WORD FAMILYsure: surely, sureness, surer, sures, surest, unsure+/unsure: unsurely, unsurer USAGE EXAMPLESBut a listing on mainland exchanges is no sure thing. Wall Street Journal(Jan 03, 2017) He added: "I am arriving at the end of my coaching career, of this I am sure." BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Now I am sure that plenty of you right now are thinking: What an idiotic column. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured was very sure in his beliefs sure of her friends Syn|Ant certain confident, convinced, positive persuaded of; very sure incertain, uncertain, unsure lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance ambivalentuncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow doubtful, dubiousfraught with uncertainty or doubt gropingacting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence 2adj certain to occur; destined or inevitable sudden but sure regret he is sure to win Syn|Ant certain bound, destined (usually followed by `to') governed by fate doomed, fated(usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate foreordained, predestinate, predestinedestablished or prearranged unalterably in forcertain to get or have predictablecapable of being foretold uncertain not certain to occur; not inevitable chancy, flukey, fluky, iffysubject to accident or chance or change contingentuncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances up in the airnot yet determined unpredictablenot capable of being foretold 3adj impossible to doubt or dispute Syn indisputable certain established beyond doubt or question; definitely known 4adv definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely') 2they thought he had been killed sure enough he'll win sure as shooting they sure smell good sure he'll come Syn certainly, for certain, for sure, sure as shooting, sure enough, surely 1adj reliable in operation or effect a sure way to distinguish the two wood dust is a sure sign of termites Syn certain dependable, reliable worthy of reliance or trust 2adj infallible or unfailing a sure (or true) sign of one's commitment Syn true consistent with fact or reality; not false 3adj certain not to fail a sure hand on the throttle Syn steady not subject to change or variation especially in behavior 4adj (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence a sure (or trusted) friend Syn trusted trustworthy, trusty worthy of trust or belief 5adj physically secure or dependable 3a sure footing was on sure ground Syn secure free from danger or risk adj exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance be sure to lock the doors Syn certain careful exercising caution or showing care or attention |
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