英语词汇“questionable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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 FAMILY

questionable: 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 EXAMPLES

We 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, supposed

doubtful or suspect

apocryphal

being of questionable authenticity

debatable, problematic, problematical

open to doubt or debate

doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question

open to doubt or suspicion

equivocal

open to question

fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious

not as expected

impugnable

subject to being discredited

self-styled, soi-disant

as claimed by and for yourself often without justification

unquestionable

incapable of being questioned

incontestable, incontestible

incapable of being contested or disputed

undeniable

not possible to deny

acknowledged

generally accepted

beyond doubt, indubitable

too obvious to be doubted

for sure

not open to doubt

mathematical

beyond question

unimpeachable

beyond doubt or reproach

2adj able to be refuted

Syn

confutable, confutative, refutable
deniable

capable of being denied or contradicted

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 FAMILY questionable: 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 EXAMPLES We 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, supposed doubtful or suspect apocryphal being of questionable authenticity debatable, problematic, problematical open to doubt or debate doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question open to doubt or suspicion equivocal open to question fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious not as expected impugnable subject to being discredited self-styled, soi-disant as claimed by and for yourself often without justification unquestionable incapable of being questioned incontestable, incontestible incapable of being contested or disputed undeniable not possible to deny acknowledged generally accepted beyond doubt, indubitable too obvious to be doubted for sure not open to doubt mathematical beyond question unimpeachable beyond doubt or reproach 2adj able to be refuted Syn confutable, confutative, refutable deniable capable of being denied or contradicted
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