sceptic
noun /ˈskeptɪk/
/ˈskeptɪk/
(British English) (North American English skeptic)
- a person who usually doubts that claims or statements are true, especially those that other people believe in
惯持怀疑态度的人；怀疑论者 - I am a born sceptic.
我是天生的怀疑论者。 - He was unable to convince the sceptics in the audience.
他无法说服观众中那些持怀疑态度的人。
- Sceptics will argue that no such plan has ever proved successful.
怀疑论者会辩称此类方案没有成功的先例。 - She is a sceptic about the dangers of global warming.
她对全球变暖威胁论持怀疑态度。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hardened
- convince
- win over
- confound
- …
- argue something
- claim something
- point out something
- …
- sceptic about
- prove the sceptics right
- prove the sceptics wrong
词源late 16th cent. (in a philosophical sense): from French sceptique, or via Latin from Greek skeptikos, from skepsis ‘inquiry, doubt’. - I am a born sceptic.