certain
英 ['s??t(?)n; -t?n]
美['s?tn]
- adj. 某一；必然的；確信；無疑的；有把握的
- pron. 某些；某幾個
- n. (Certain)人名；(葡)塞爾塔因；(法)塞爾坦
CET4TEM4考研CET6中高頻詞基本詞匯
詞態變化
比較級:?more certain;最高級:?most certain;
中文詞源
certain 確定
來自PIE*krei, *sker, 切，分開。詞源同crisis, crime, discriminate, shear.
英文詞源
- certain
- certain: [13] Certain comes ultimately from Latin certus ‘sure, fixed’, which derived from the past participle of the verb cernere ‘decide’. The Latin adjective was extended in Vulgar Latin to *certānus, which passed into English via Old French certain. Other English words based on certus include certify [14] (from late Latin certificāre) and its derivative certificate, and certitude [15] (from late Latin certitūdō).
=> crime, crisis, decree, discern, discrete, discriminate, excrement, riddle, secret - certain (adj.)
- c. 1300, "determined, fixed," from Old French certain "reliable, sure, assured" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *certanus, from Latin certus "sure, fixed, settled, determined" (also source of Italian certo, Spanish cierto), originally a variant past participle of cernere "to distinguish, decide," literally "to sift, separate" (see crisis).
Of persons, "full of confidence in one's knowledge or judgment," from mid-14c. Euphemistic use (of a certain age, etc.) attested from mid-18c. Certainer, certainest were common to c. 1750, but have fallen from proper use for some reason. Expression for certain "assuredly" is attested by early 14c.
雙語例句
- 1. There is a certain impatience among some of the soldiers.
- 有些士兵有點兒不耐煩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Over the years he's demonstrated a certain prescience in foreign affairs.
- 這些年來，他已經在外交事務方面表現出一定的預見性。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I feel certain that it will all turn out well.
- 我覺得最后肯定會皆大歡喜。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. There are certain things he does that drive me mad.
- 他的某些舉動讓我很生氣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Parents can programme the machine not to turn on at certain times.
- 父母可以設定這臺機器的程序，使它在特定時間段無法開啟。
來自柯林斯例句