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

• A self-satisfied smile began to spread across his face, but gave way in a flash to a frown as a sudden misgiving assailed his ranging mind: what if his daughter should decide in favour of-her lover and refuse to have anything to do with this brilliant scheme?
  渐渐他的脸上浮出了得意的浅笑了，可是只一刹那，他又攒紧了眉头。他的周到的思虑忽然想到万一他那已经有了情人的女儿不肯依他的妙计，可怎么办呢？
• Call Andryusha, he said suddenly, and a look of childish and deprecating misgiving came into his face at the question.
  他突然说，一说出这句话，他脸上表露出孩子般的怯生生的和怀疑的神情。
• The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.
  正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。
• However, as the moment for the girl's setting out drew nigh, when the first excitement of the dressing had passed off, a slight misgiving found place in Joan Durbeyfield's mind.
  不过，姑娘动身的时刻越来越近了，当初梳妆打扮的兴奋一消失，琼德北菲尔德太太的心里就出现了一阵担忧。
• But, in exploring your misgiving, you are neither being pessimistic nor churlish.
  但探索你的疑虑，你既不悲观也不暴躁。
• On which day could I freely step on the way of return home without any misgiving?
  到哪一天，我才能自由、无所顾忌地踏向回归故园之路呢？
• The town is poor seem to me receive without misgiving.
  在我看来，镇上的穷人们往往过着最独立自在的生活。
• 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。
• At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.
  在人生的每个危机时刻，有个富有同情心的朋友，你可以与之推心置腹，倾诉衷肠，这绝对是一种自救之路。
• I like your scheme in principle; my only misgiving is that it may require too large a sum of money.
  我原则上喜欢你的计划，唯一担心的是花销可能太大。