misgiving

英 [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˌmɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ]

n.  疑虑; 顾虑

复数：misgivings　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11202 / COCA.13315

牛津词典

noun

• 疑虑；顾虑
  feelings of doubt or anxiety about what might happen, or about whether or not sth is the right thing to do
  1. I had grave misgivings about making the trip.
     对于这次旅行我有过极大的顾虑。
  2. I read the letter with a sense of misgiving.
     我看了那封信，感到有些怀疑。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 疑虑;担心
  If you havemisgivingsabout something that is being suggested or done, you feel that it is not quite right, and are worried that it may have unwanted results.
  1. She had some misgivings about what she was about to do...
     她对自己即将要做的事情存有一些顾虑。
  2. The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.
     正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。

英英释义

noun

• doubt about someone's honesty
  Synonym:mistrustdistrustsuspicion
• painful expectation
  Synonym:apprehension
• uneasiness about the fitness of an action
  Synonym:scruplequalm

双语例句

• Since then, Germany has piled one misgiving on top of another about plans for a banking union to be drawn up by the end of the year.
  自那以后，德国对将在今年内起草的建立银行业联盟计划一直顾虑重重。
• The plan seemed to be utterly impractical and I was filled with misgiving about it.
  这项计划似乎完全不切实际，我对此充满疑虑。
• I personally believe the worries and misgiving over the so-called3T matters are not well justified.
  我个人认为，你说三个“T”的问题，不值得担忧，也没有任何理由担忧。
• The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independent lives of any. May be they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving.
  城镇中的穷人，我看，倒往往是过着最独立不羁的生活。也许因为他们很伟大，所以受之无愧。
• Her seeming indecision was, in fact, more than indecision: it was misgiving.
  事实上，她那种看上去的犹豫远远不是犹豫，而是疑惑。
• I can resign my immortal part to him without misgiving.
  我可以毫无恐惧地把我不朽的部分交给他。
• Carrie observed his ease with some misgiving.
  看到他这样悠闲自得，嘉莉不免有些疑惑。
• Hurstwood looked into her pretty face, crossed with little shadows of wonder and misgiving, and thought he had never seen anything more lovely.
  赫斯渥看着她的美丽的脸庞，那上面浮现着一丝惊异和担心。他觉得他从来没有见过比这更可爱的东西了。
• That be now, however, many persons but wasted big good time in the regret pastly with the misgiving the future.
  那就是现在，然而，许多人却在悔恨过去和担忧未来之中浪费了大好时光。
• "To-morrow," he said," you come down here and buy yourself a skirt. "In all of Carrie's actions there was a touch of misgiving.
  等明天，他说，你到这里来买条裙子。嘉莉在买这买那的时候，心里总有些惴惴不安。