外部链接:    leo英德   dict有道 百度搜索百度 google谷歌 google图片 wiki维基 百度百科百科   

 disbelief [,disbi'li:f]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 不信, 怀疑

  1. She opened her eyes wide in mock disbelief.
    她睁大眼睛假装不相信。
  2. I listened to his excuse with a mixture of amusement and disbelief.
    我怀着一种既好笑又不相信的复杂心情听了他的辩解。
  3. She gazed at me in disbelief when I told her the news.
    我告诉她这消息时,她以怀疑的目光注视著我。


disbelief
[ noun ]
  1. doubt about the truth of something

  2. <noun.cognition>
  3. a rejection of belief

  4. <noun.cognition>


Disbelief \Dis*be*lief"\, n.
The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is
fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is
not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of
belief.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the
nature of the thing. --Tillotson.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own
littleness that disbelief in great men. --Carlyle.

Syn: Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. --
{Disbelief}, {Unbelief}. Unbelief is a mere failure to
admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an
unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of
inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and
incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is
usually open to conviction; disbelief is already
convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects.
Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard
everything they say with unbelief. Familiarity with the
worst parts of human nature often leads us into a
disbelief in many good qualities which really exist
among men.

  1. As in recent sessions, trading opened on a tentative note, with the 100-share index up just 5.5 points, amid near disbelief at the market's virtually unhindered rise in recent weeks.
  2. Puppet theater carries the normal suspension of disbelief that all theater demands to daredevil heights.
  3. Some leered and shook their heads in disbelief at what they saw, but many others gazed with obvious appreciation at the works.
  4. "NBC was very serious about keeping me," Pauley told USA Weekend in this week's issue. "We were in a mutual state of disbelief.
  5. Chelsea is artificial, a suspension of disbelief. This weekend I can still disbelieve it, especially when looking at the daphnes in my garden. Of all the noble families, daphnes are particularly ill-suited to flower-shows.
  6. "My client is in disbelief about the whole thing," attorney Judy Cates said in a telephone interview.
  7. Diplomats indicated disbelief of some reports about Soviet withdrwals.
  8. Printed warnings might hurt ticket sales, and the audience would "lose the ability to suspend disbelief." Some performers have used taped music as a background prop for years.
  9. A bigger theme park would help spread fixed costs and encourage overnight stays. While the existing business is losing money, though, Euro Disney will have its work cut out persuading investors to suspend their disbelief.
  10. When Stuart presented some findings to biologists last year, they were "met with disbelief," he said.
  11. Humans tend to get sentimental about conversing computers, he notes, and willingly suspend disbelief in the machines' ability to understand things even when it's plainly absent.
  12. Some students reacted with disbelief.
  13. His disbelief was not entirely unjustified.
  14. Ethnic and religious closeness, disbelief in the independent statehoods of Ukraine and Belarus, great-power pride - all have a part to play in the Russian mood. But Russian advocates for reunion could be disappointed with Ukraine's new president.
  15. Shaking their heads in disbelief and disgust, members of Parliament listened Friday to a litany of corruption involving leaders who rigidly maintained a spartan society for their people while indulging in excess.
  16. Traders stared in disbelief when it opened at $28.50.
  17. Others expressed doubt or outright disbelief that Toys "R" Us will actually make good on its promise, dismissing it as a gimmick, and still others scoffed at the whole idea.
  18. Nonetheless, Mr. Hansen, a close friend of Mr. Fox's who is a champion wheelchair-marathon racer, was met with disbelief when he proposed his own trip.
  19. In Russia, the very words 'Uruguayski Raund' generate disbelief and scorn. For the French, though, international trade policy plays the same role as vampires in Transylvanian folklore.
  20. Others expressed disbelief their friends were gone.
  21. "I note with some unrestrained disbelief that John Tower continues to insist that `some Democratic senator' smeared Sen. Jim Exon," said Nebraska's other U.S. senator, Democrat Bob Kerrey.
  22. Harried Hacker Though long known as a scratch golfer, From derision I get no relief; My playing partners, on seeing my swing, Scratch their heads in disbelief.
  23. He was handed one of the six-inch-long phones with a short aerial and told to listen. Someone he knew in Moscow spoke to him through the phone and photographers registered Gorbachev's disbelief.
  24. Louisiana parents gather in support groups there and shake their heads in disbelief at their numbers in the waiting rooms.
  25. I accepted no campaign contributions, I paid my $800 filing fee out of my own pocket." There was a sense of disbelief at the high court.
  26. When Altman discovered in 1978 that RNA could produce catalytic reactions in the cell, the discovery was met with disbelief and "he could hardly believe it himself," Andersson said.
  27. Friends of the Supreme Court nominee are in an anguished state of disbelief.
  28. Indeed, OAS mediators given the task of promoting a democratic transfer of power in Panama issued a report that left State Department officials gasping in disbelief.
  29. Workers on the picket line at Hartford's Union Station Friday expressed disbelief that Cawtra had been arrested, saying they thought he was being used as a scapegoat.
  30. Others just shook their heads in disbelief.
加入收藏 本地收藏 百度搜藏 QQ书签 美味书签 Google书签 Mister Wong
您正在访问的是
中国词汇量第二的英语词典
更多精彩,登录后发现......
验证码看不清,请点击刷新
  注册