• n. 懷疑論者；懷疑者；無(wú)神論者

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) scepticus,懷疑學(xué)派，字面意思即 the sect of Skeptics,古希臘時(shí)期的一個(gè)學(xué)術(shù)派別， 來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ) skeptikos,懷疑的，思考的，來(lái)自 skeptesthai,看，思考，詞源同 scope,telescope. 引申詞義懷疑論者，懷疑者。

skeptic (n.)

also sceptic, 1580s, "member of an ancient Greek school that doubted the possibility of real knowledge," from Middle French sceptique and directly from Latin scepticus "the sect of the Skeptics," from Greek skeptikos (plural Skeptikoi "the Skeptics, followers of Pyrrho"), noun use of adjective meaning "inquiring, reflective" (the name taken by the disciples of the Greek philosopher Pyrrho, who lived c. 360-c. 270 B.C.E.), related to skeptesthai "to reflect, look, view" (see scope (n.1)).

Skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found. [Miguel de Unamuno, "Essays and Soliloquies," 1924]

The extended sense of "one with a doubting attitude" first recorded 1610s. The sk- spelling is an early 17c. Greek revival and is preferred in U.S. As a verb, scepticize (1690s) failed to catch on.

1. She is a skeptic about the dangers of global warming.

她是全球變暖危險(xiǎn)的懷疑論者.

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2. The slender skeptic skips school in slack seasons, which signifies her slackness.

一到淡季那個(gè)苗條的懷疑者就逃學(xué), 這表現(xiàn)了她的懶散.

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3. I agree with the skeptic at this point : the change of calendar is an arbitrary conventionalism.

我和 無(wú)神論 者們一樣,認(rèn)為更換日歷是一種專(zhuān)制的傳統(tǒng).

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4. How am I going to convince this skeptic that she should attention to my research?

我將如何使懷疑論者確信他要關(guān)注我的研究 呢 ?

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5. He is a perspicacious skeptic who makes no claim to be able to explain the world.

他是一個(gè)懷疑者和洞察者,而并不聲稱(chēng)他的解釋世界.

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