| 单词 | questionable |
| 释义 | questionable (once / 487 pages) adj Something that's questionable is uncertain or hard to believe. If a politician says things you doubt are true, you might describe his words as questionable. You might say that it's questionable whether you'll reach your goal of getting straight A's in school, or secretly believe that everything your history teacher says is slightly questionable. In either case, you're highly doubtful. You can even describe a person as questionable, if he or she doesn't strike you as completely honest. The original meaning of the word was "that may be interrogated," from the Latin root word quaestionem, "a seeking, inquiry, questioning, or examination." WORD FAMILYquestionable: questionablest, questionably, unquestionable+/question: questionable, questioned, questioner, questioning, questions/questioned: unquestioned/questioner: questioners/questioning: questioningly, questionings, unquestioning/unquestionable: unquestionability, unquestionableness, unquestionably/unquestionably: unquestionablys/unquestioning: unquestioningly USAGE EXAMPLESWe might wonder at our ability to look past some questionable expressions of character. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Lax enforcement by key federal agencies and questionable judgments from the D.C. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Bengals: Running back Jeremy Hill was inactive with a knee injury after being listed as questionable. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj subject to question questionable motives a questionable reputation a fire of questionable origin Syn|Ant contestable capable of being contested alleged, so-called, supposeddoubtful or suspect apocryphalbeing of questionable authenticity debatable, problematic, problematicalopen to doubt or debate doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in questionopen to doubt or suspicion equivocalopen to question fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousnot as expected impugnablesubject to being discredited self-styled, soi-disantas claimed by and for yourself often without justification unquestionable incapable of being questioned incontestable, incontestibleincapable of being contested or disputed undeniablenot possible to deny acknowledgedgenerally accepted beyond doubt, indubitabletoo obvious to be doubted for surenot open to doubt mathematicalbeyond question unimpeachablebeyond doubt or reproach 2adj able to be refuted Syn confutable, confutative, refutable deniable capable of being denied or contradicted |
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