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单词 distrust
释义 dis·trust
I. \dəˈstrəst, (ˈ)di|s-\ verb
Etymology: Middle English distrusten to suspect, from dis- (I) + trusten to trust — more at trust
transitive verb
1. : to have no trust or confidence in : mistrust
 < distrust the sword as a cure for all ills — John Buchan >
 < he distrusted mathematics and the art of deductive logic that went with it — S.F.Mason >
2. : to suspect of evil consequences or designs : feel wary or suspicious of
 < it would deprive him of the enormous personal satisfaction of distrusting what he doesn't know and despising what he has never seen — E.B.White >
 < the Cistercians disliked and distrusted Abelard — Henry Adams >
intransitive verb
obsolete : to have no trust or confidence
II. noun
Etymology: dis- (I) + trust
: the lack or absence of trust : suspicion, wariness
 < the Swiss, with their traditional distrust of personal power — Current Biography >
 < an atmosphere of distrust and suspicion has been allowed to permeate the government — Vannevar Bush >
 < his self-criticism, his distrust of his own ideas — Harold Callender >
 < growing distrust of the efficacy of parliamentary bodies — John Dewey >
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