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单词 suspicious
释义 sus·pi·cious
\səˈspishəs\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English suspicious, suspecious, from Middle French suspicieus, suspecious, from Latin suspiciosus, from suspicion-, suspicio suspicion + -osus -ous
1. : arousing or tending to arouse suspicion : questionable, suspected
 < thinking the circumstances in which the watch was offered for sale somewhat suspicious — Samuel Butler †1902 >
 < haven't seen any suspicious-looking strangers around here — Lyle Saxon >
 < the patrol officer should constantly observe all suspicious cars on his beat — R.L.Anderson >
 < he rises rapidly, and with almost suspicious ease, to progressively important jobs — Hobe Morrison >
 < an X-ray diagnosis of a suspicious tuberculous lesion was made — Journal of Pediatrics >
 < have had one suspicious death (suicide?) in a patient who was scheduled to start treatment — J.L.Fetterman >
2. : suspecting or inclined to suspect : given or prone to suspicion
 < the unsophisticated native is often suspicious of all strangers — Notes & Queries on Anthropology >
 < puritanism was always suspicious of anything that made for physical comfort — American Guide Series: Massachusetts >
 < very suspicious of one who did not complain about having to doctor the numerous ailments in the manuscripts he receives — E.S.McCartney >
 < be a little bit suspicious next time you hear or read some argument for keeping taxes down — K.F.Zeisler >
 < in captivity the vervet is at first very timid and suspicious — James Stevenson-Hamilton >
3. : manifesting, expressing, or indicative of suspicion
 < the countryman answered, with a suspicious flash of a pair of cunning eyes — A. Conan Doyle >
 < who was now proceeding with a suspicious briskness to prepare the evening meal — T.B.Costain >
 < the doors and windows were closed, and a suspicious look was on everything — T.B.Thorpe >
 < no government can invite help and then adopt a prying, suspicious, inquisitorial attitude to those who accept the invitation — Orient Book World >
sus·pi·cious·ly adverb
sus·pi·cious·ness noun -es
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