uncertain 音标拼音: [əns'ɚtən]
a . 不确定的,无常的,不确信的,不可预测的
不确定的,无常的,不确信的,不可预测的
uncertain 不确定
uncertain adj 1 :
lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance ;
"
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 " [
synonym : {
uncertain }, {
unsure },
{
incertain }] [
ant : {
certain (
p )}, {
sure }]
2 :
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 " [
ant : {
certain (
p )}]
3 :
not established or confirmed ; "
his doom is as yet unsealed "
[
synonym : {
unsealed }, {
uncertain }] [
ant : {
certain }, {
sealed }]
4 :
not certain to occur ;
not inevitable ; "
everything is uncertain about the army "; "
the issue is uncertain " [
ant :
{
certain }, {
sure }]
5 :
subject to change ; "
a changeable climate "; "
the weather is uncertain "; "
unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other " [
synonym :
{
changeable }, {
uncertain }, {
unsettled }]
6 :
not consistent or dependable ; "
an uncertain recollection of events "; "
a gun with a rather uncertain trigger "
7 :
ambiguous (
especially in the negative ); "
she spoke in no uncertain terms "
Uncertain \
Un *
cer "
tain \ ([
u ^]
n *
s [~
e ]
r "
t [
i ^]
n ),
a . [
Pref .
un -
not certain .
Cf . {
Incertain }.]
1 .
Not certain ;
not having certain knowledge ;
not assured in mind ;
distrustful . --
Chaucer .
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Man ,
without the protection of a superior Being , . .
.
is uncertain of everything that he hopes for .
--
Tillotson .
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2 .
Irresolute ;
inconsonant ;
variable ;
untrustworthy ;
as ,
an uncertain person ;
an uncertain breeze .
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O woman !
in our hours of ease ,
Uncertain ,
coy ,
and hard to please ! --
Sir W .
Scott .
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3 .
Questionable ;
equivocal ;
indefinite ;
problematical . "
The fashion of uncertain evils ." --
Milton .
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From certain dangers to uncertain praise . --
Dryden .
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4 .
Not sure ;
liable to fall or err ;
fallible .
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Soon bent his bow ,
uncertain in his aim . --
Dryden .
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Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone .
--
Gay .
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Syn :
See {
Precarious }.
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Uncertain \
Un *
cer "
tain \,
v .
t . [
1st pref .
un -
certain ;
or fr .
uncertain ,
a .]
To make uncertain . [
Obs .] --
Sir W .
Raleigh .
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219 Moby Thesaurus words for "
uncertain ":
Pyrrhonic ,
adrift ,
afloat ,
agnostic ,
alternating ,
ambiguous ,
ambitendent ,
ambivalent ,
amorphous ,
amphibological ,
amphibolous ,
at a loss ,
at loose ends ,
blear ,
bleared ,
bleary ,
blurred ,
blurry ,
broken ,
capricious ,
careening ,
catchy ,
chancy ,
changeable ,
changeful ,
choppy ,
confused ,
dark ,
desultory ,
deviable ,
deviative ,
dicey ,
dim ,
disconnected ,
discontinuous ,
distrustful ,
dizzy ,
double -
minded ,
doubtful ,
doubting ,
dubious ,
eccentric ,
enigmatic ,
equivocal ,
equivocatory ,
erratic ,
faint ,
fast and loose ,
feeble ,
fence -
sitting ,
fence -
straddling ,
fickle ,
filmy ,
fitful ,
flickering ,
flighty ,
flitting ,
fluctuating ,
foggy ,
freakish ,
from Missouri ,
fuzzy ,
giddy ,
guttering ,
half -
seen ,
half -
visible ,
halting ,
hazardous ,
hazy ,
herky -
jerky ,
hesitant ,
hesitating ,
heteroclite ,
iffy ,
ill -
defined ,
immethodical ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
in doubt ,
incalculable ,
inconsistent ,
inconspicuous ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
indefinite ,
indemonstrable ,
indistinct ,
indistinguishable ,
infirm ,
infirm of purpose ,
insecure ,
intermittent ,
intermitting ,
ironic ,
irregular ,
irresolute ,
irresolved ,
irresponsible ,
jerky ,
leery ,
low -
profile ,
lurching ,
mazy ,
mercurial ,
merely glimpsed ,
mistrustful ,
mistrusting ,
misty ,
moody ,
mugwumpian ,
mugwumpish ,
multivocal ,
mutable ,
mysterious ,
nonuniform ,
obscure ,
of two minds ,
out of focus ,
pale ,
patchy ,
polysemantic ,
polysemous ,
protean ,
questionable ,
questioning ,
rambling ,
restless ,
risky ,
rocky ,
rough ,
roving ,
scatterbrained ,
scrappy ,
scrupulous ,
semivisible ,
shadowy ,
shaky ,
shapeless ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
shuffling ,
shy ,
skeptical ,
snatchy ,
spasmatic ,
spasmic ,
spasmodic ,
spastic ,
speculative ,
spineless ,
sporadic ,
spotty ,
staggering ,
suspecting ,
suspicious ,
tottery ,
touch -
and -
go ,
treacherous ,
unaccountable ,
unclear ,
unconfirmable ,
uncontrolled ,
unconvinced ,
undecided ,
undefined ,
undependable ,
undetermined ,
undisciplined ,
undivinable ,
unequal ,
uneven ,
unfixed ,
unforeseeable ,
unhealthy ,
unmethodical ,
unmetrical ,
unpersuaded ,
unplain ,
unpredictable ,
unprovable ,
unrecognizable ,
unregular ,
unreliable ,
unresolved ,
unrestrained ,
unrhythmical ,
unsafe ,
unsettled ,
unsound ,
unstable ,
unstable as water ,
unstaid ,
unsteadfast ,
unsteady ,
unsure ,
unsystematic ,
untrusting ,
untrustworthy ,
unverifiable ,
vacillating ,
vagrant ,
vague ,
variable ,
veering ,
vicissitudinary ,
vicissitudinous ,
volatile ,
wandering ,
wanton ,
wary ,
wavering ,
wavery ,
wavy ,
wayward ,
weak ,
whimsical ,
wishy -
washy ,
wobbling ,
wobbly
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