uncertain

uncertain /ʌn'sə:tn/
  • tính từ
    • không chắc, còn ngờ
      • uncertain success: sự thành công không chắc lắm
      • a lady of uncertain age: một bà khó biết tuổi; (hài) một bà muốn làm ra vẻ trẻ hơn tuổi thật
    • hay thay đổi, không kiên định
      • uncertain weather: thời tiết hay thay đổi
    • không đáng tin cậy
      • an uncertain companion: một người bạn không đáng tin cậy

 không chắc chắn

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): certainty, uncertainty, ascertain, certain, uncertain, certainly, uncertainly


Xem thêm: unsure, incertain, unsealed, changeable, unsettled



uncertain

Từ điển Collocation

uncertain adj.

1 not confident

VERBS be, feel, look, seem | become

ADV. deeply, very I feel deeply uncertain about the future. | a little, rather, slightly | strangely

PREP. about, as to He seemed strangely uncertain as to how to continue. | of We were rather uncertain of the direction it came from.

2 not known exactly

VERBS be, look | become | remain, seem

ADV. extremely, highly, very | increasingly | quite, rather, somewhat | still Whether diet is an important factor in this illness is still uncertain. | inevitably, inherently The world is inherently uncertain. | notoriously Cost estimates are notoriously uncertain in this business.


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; unsure, incertain

    uncertain of his convictions

    unsure of himself and his future

    moving with uncertain (or unsure) steps

    an uncertain smile

    touched the ornaments with uncertain fingers

  • not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown

    an uncertain future

    a manuscript of uncertain origin

    plans are still uncertain

    changes of great if uncertain consequences

    without further evidence his story must remain uncertain

  • not established or confirmed; unsealed

    his doom is as yet unsealed

  • not certain to occur; not inevitable

    everything is uncertain about the army

    the issue is uncertain

  • subject to change; changeable, unsettled

    a changeable climate

    the weather is uncertain

    unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other

  • not consistent or dependable

    an uncertain recollection of events

    a gun with a rather uncertain trigger

  • ambiguous (especially in the negative)

    she spoke in no uncertain terms


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: changeable doubtful insecure precarious speculative unpredictable unsure

ant.: certain