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Definition of sceptical in English: sceptical(US skeptical) adjective ˈskɛptɪk(ə)lˈskɛptək(ə)l 1Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations. 不相信的，持怀疑态度的 the public were deeply sceptical about some of the proposals 公众对某些提议深表怀疑。 Example sentencesExamples - Has his speech convinced a skeptical British public that action is needed, with or without the UN?
- Although most respondents were enthusiastic or supportive of booking, about a quarter were sceptical or not convinced of its value.
- He responded to a skeptical question by encouraging us to view his outline as a map.
- A very interesting study claims that skeptical consumers are more easily won with emotion.
- He has managed to convince even the most sceptical among us that Scottish rugby may indeed have a future fit to mirror its glorious past.
- Instead of excitement about the project, most people have been left sceptical and suspicious about how the £750m of public money has been spent.
- This has severely hampered the government's efforts to convince those skeptical of the EU to trust it in the matter of the constitution.
- His legacy is to remind us to be sceptical about science and suspicious of facts.
- The Prime Minister is sceptical and questions the timing of the new allegations.
- My conviction was so strong that I convinced my skeptical high school English teacher by giving him readings and arguing with him.
- Public opinion, already highly skeptical and suspicious of European Institutions, reached new lows.
- Some of his best mates are journalists, but generally he is sceptical and distrustful of the media and never saw his role as a background briefer to reporters.
- Experience suggests that the public will remain wisely sceptical on the question.
- We live in a world that is rightly suspicious of offers that seem too good to be true; we are often skeptical and even cynical.
- Not only does he need to convince a sceptical market, he also has to reach an increasingly disillusioned customer.
- It's not easy convincing skeptical bosses to invest in infosecurity programs.
- Samples of your work can also go a long way to convincing a sceptical customer to buy.
- Colleagues were sceptical, his oncologists incredulous.
- You do get functionally sceptical and tend to doubt what people tell you.
- He questions authority and is skeptical of preconceived ideas, offering in their place an objective insight.
Synonyms dubious, doubtful, having reservations, taking something with a pinch of salt, doubting, questioning cynical, distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious, disbelieving, misbelieving, unconvinced, incredulous, hesitant, scoffing pessimistic, defeatist informal iffy rare Pyrrhonist, minimifidian 2Philosophy
Relating to the theory that certain knowledge is impossible. 〔哲〕怀疑论的，不可知论的 Example sentencesExamples - That is the basic point that skeptical philosophers from Sextus to Nagarjuna to Nietzsche have made for millennia.
- Accordingly, to deprive us of knowledge, sceptical hypotheses need only to be bare logical possibilities.
- If the transcendental philosophy is not a version of Leibnizian rationalism, why is it not a repetition of the sceptical empiricism of Hume?
- The Cyrenaics are notable mainly for their empiricist and skeptical epistemology and their sensualist hedonism.
- Some later commentators claim that by making this skeptical turn, Arcesilaus abandoned Platonism.
Derivativesadverb ˈskɛptɪk(ə)li In a sceptical manner; with doubt or hesitation. other researchers have reacted more sceptically Example sentencesExamples - He glanced skeptically around the table and saw each one of his Japanese counterparts consuming the little critters in one gulp.
- But they are on stronger grounds when they look skeptically at the way our damages are distributed.
- Vivian eyed him skeptically suddenly feeling a fury build up in her.
Definition of skeptical in US English: skeptical(British sceptical) adjectiveˈskɛptək(ə)lˈskeptək(ə)l 1Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations. 不相信的，持怀疑态度的 the public were deeply skeptical about some of the proposals 公众对某些提议深表怀疑。 Example sentencesExamples - He has managed to convince even the most sceptical among us that Scottish rugby may indeed have a future fit to mirror its glorious past.
- We live in a world that is rightly suspicious of offers that seem too good to be true; we are often skeptical and even cynical.
- This has severely hampered the government's efforts to convince those skeptical of the EU to trust it in the matter of the constitution.
- His legacy is to remind us to be sceptical about science and suspicious of facts.
- Colleagues were sceptical, his oncologists incredulous.
- Not only does he need to convince a sceptical market, he also has to reach an increasingly disillusioned customer.
- Samples of your work can also go a long way to convincing a sceptical customer to buy.
- Has his speech convinced a skeptical British public that action is needed, with or without the UN?
- He responded to a skeptical question by encouraging us to view his outline as a map.
- The Prime Minister is sceptical and questions the timing of the new allegations.
- It's not easy convincing skeptical bosses to invest in infosecurity programs.
- Although most respondents were enthusiastic or supportive of booking, about a quarter were sceptical or not convinced of its value.
- Public opinion, already highly skeptical and suspicious of European Institutions, reached new lows.
- He questions authority and is skeptical of preconceived ideas, offering in their place an objective insight.
- A very interesting study claims that skeptical consumers are more easily won with emotion.
- You do get functionally sceptical and tend to doubt what people tell you.
- Instead of excitement about the project, most people have been left sceptical and suspicious about how the £750m of public money has been spent.
- Some of his best mates are journalists, but generally he is sceptical and distrustful of the media and never saw his role as a background briefer to reporters.
- Experience suggests that the public will remain wisely sceptical on the question.
- My conviction was so strong that I convinced my skeptical high school English teacher by giving him readings and arguing with him.
Synonyms dubious, doubtful, having reservations, taking something with a pinch of salt, doubting, questioning 2Philosophy
Relating to the theory that certain knowledge is impossible. 〔哲〕怀疑论的，不可知论的 Example sentencesExamples - That is the basic point that skeptical philosophers from Sextus to Nagarjuna to Nietzsche have made for millennia.
- Accordingly, to deprive us of knowledge, sceptical hypotheses need only to be bare logical possibilities.
- If the transcendental philosophy is not a version of Leibnizian rationalism, why is it not a repetition of the sceptical empiricism of Hume?
- The Cyrenaics are notable mainly for their empiricist and skeptical epistemology and their sensualist hedonism.
- Some later commentators claim that by making this skeptical turn, Arcesilaus abandoned Platonism.
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