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单词 suspicion
释义 sus·pi·cion
I. \səˈspishən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, alteration (influenced by Latin suspicion-, suspicio suspicion, from suspicere to suspect + -ion-, -io -ion) of suspecion, from Middle French sospeçon suspicion (influenced in meaning by Latin suspicion-, suspicio), from Late Latin suspection-, suspectio act of looking up at, awe, from Latin suspectus (past participle of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at suspect
1.
 a. : the act or an instance of suspecting : imagination or apprehension of something wrong or hurtful without proof or on slight evidence
  < in the inspection and interrogation of applicants the following points should lead to a suspicion of tuberculosis — H.G.Armstrong >
 b. : the mental uneasiness aroused in one who suspects : mistrust, doubt
  < he succeeded in dispelling their suspicions and won their confidence — L.R.Hafen >
  < an independent, he was regarded with suspicion by both parties — W.C.Ford >
  < the intentions of other nations were viewed with great caution, if not suspicion — Theodore Hsi-En Chen >
  < her weakness for peanuts was balanced by a dark suspicion of certain other common vegetables — R.K.Leavitt >
 c. : the state of being suspected
  < protected from suspicion by her complete lack of conventional attractiveness — Gerald Bullett >
  < relieved of his post on suspicion of Communist sympathies — Madaline Nichols >
  < college teams, the amateur standing of which is not always above suspicionAmerican Guide Series: New York >
  < came under the suspicion of having been implicated in the revolution — H.S.Reichle >
2. : inkling, intimation, hint
 < there had after all been nothing but whispered suspicions, old wives' tales, fables invented by men — Sherwood Anderson >
 < not to have had the least suspicion of the approaching marriage >
3. : a slight touch : a mere trace : suggestion
 < never allow even a suspicion of rust to appear on or in your rifle — Hunter's Encyclopedia >
 < just a suspicion of light in the east — Hamlin Garland >
 < without a suspicion of dizziness >
 < without a suspicion of scandal >
Synonyms: see uncertainty
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
chiefly substandard : suspect
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