第4个回答 2019-05-29
certain,
inescapable,
inevitable,
sure,
unavoidable
(1)
The
central
meaning
shared
by
these
adjectives
is
“impossible
to
avoid
or
evade”:
这些形容词共有的一个中心意思为“不可能避免或躲避”:
certain
death;
必定的死亡;
an
inescapable
conclusion;
不可逃避的结局;
an
inevitable
result;
必然的结果;
sudden
but
sure
regret;
突然的但肯定的后悔;
an
unavoidable
accident.
See
also
Synonyms
at
sure
不能避免的事故
参见同义词
sure
(2)
Although
certain
appears
to
be
an
absolute
term,
it
is
frequently
qualified
by
adverbs,
as
in
fairly
certain
or
quite
certain.
In
an
earlier
survey,
a
majority
of
the
Usage
Panel
accepted
the
construction
尽管certain
像一个独立的词,
它也经常被副词的限定,如相当确定
或
非常肯定。
据以前的调查,多数用法专题使用小组成员接受这一结构
Nothing
could
be
more
certain.
没有比这更确定的了