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。
Extra ExamplesSceptics 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hardened
- convince
- win over
- confound
- …
- argue something
- claim something
- point out something
- …
- sceptic about
- prove the sceptics right
- prove the sceptics wrong
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in a philosophical sense): from French sceptique, or via Latin from Greek skeptikos, from skepsis ‘inquiry, doubt’.