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单词 questionable
释义 ques·tion·able
\-es(h)chənəbəl, ÷ -esh(ə)n-\ adjective
1. obsolete : admitting of being questioned : inviting or seeming to invite inquiry
2. obsolete : liable or amenable to judicial inquiry or action
3. : affording reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged : not certain or exact : not acceptable immediately or without examination : problematical, uncertain, unsafe
 < the illustration is questionable but the notion implied may be sound — Samuel Alexander >
 < canners had taken in any questionable type of fruit at top prices — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
 < a highly questionable exercise of executive authority — A.F.Westin >
 < a general storm area … making even a daylight flight a questionable venture — C.A.Lindbergh †1974 >
4. : attended by well-grounded suspicions of being immoral, crude, false, or unsound : dubious
 < the propriety … was at least questionable — G.B.Shaw >
 < the habit of living in questionable neighborhoods — M.D.Geismar >
 < a questionable insurance broker — Milton Silverman >
Synonyms: see doubtful
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