certainty

英 [ˈsɜː.tən.ti]      美 [ˈsɝː.tən.ti]
  • n. 必然;确实;确实的事情
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将“certainty”拆分为“cert”和“aint”两部分。“Cert”在英语中常用来表示“确定”(certain),而“aint”则是“isn’t”的缩写,即“不是”。所以,记忆方法可以是:想象“ certainty”是“确定不是不确定”的意思,强调的是某种事情确定性很高,不是不确定的。

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certainty (n.)
c. 1300, certeynte, "surety, pledge," from Anglo-French certeinté (late 13c.), Old French certainete "certainty," from Latin or Vulgar Latin *certanitatem (source of Old Spanish certanedad); see certain. Meaning "that which is certain" is attested from early 14c.; meaning "quality of being certain" is from mid-14c.
1. Such attitudes are valueless unless they reflect inner cognition and certainty.
这种态度如果不能反映内心的认知和把握就毫无价值。
2. Her return to the team now seems a certainty.
她的归队现在似乎已成定局。
3. I know for a certainty that the company has been bought up.
我确实知道公司已经被人收购了.
4. It's a dead certainty that this horse will win the race.
这匹马在比赛中获胜是必定的.
5. I can't say with any certainty where I shall be next week.
我不能确切地说下周我在什么地方.