suspicion

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong. countable,uncountable
    — […]purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.
  2. The condition of being suspected. countable,uncountable
  3. Uncertainty, doubt. countable,uncountable
    — In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.[…]Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
  4. A trace, or slight indication. countable,uncountable
    — a suspicion of a smile
  5. The imagining of something without evidence. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To suspect; to have suspicions. dialectal
    — “Well, what’s more dangerous than coming here in the day time!—anybody would suspicion us that saw us.”

词形变化

suspicions plural suspition alternative,obsolete 'spicion alternative suspicions present,singular,third-person suspicioning participle,present suspicioned participle,past suspicioned past suspition alternative,obsolete 'spicion alternative

词汇关系

近义词
inkling
衍生词
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion index of suspicion sneaking suspicion sneaky suspicion suspect suspicionable suspicional suspicionful suspicionless suspicious undue suspicion unsuspicion

词源

词源 1
From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.
词源 2
From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.
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