misgiving

英語

詞源

源自misgive，源自mis- +‎ give，源自中古英語 give (「暗示，給予」)。對比given和what gives。

名詞

misgiving (複數 misgivings)

1. 不安，憂慮，憂愁
   • 1846-1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son:

     He could think of her being there, without a lurking misgiving that it would have been better if she had not come.

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   • 1900, Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie:

     In the night, or the gloomy chambers of the day, fears and misgivings wax strong, but out in the sunlight there is, for a time, cessation even of the terror of death.

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   • 1960 March, J. P. Wilson & E. N. C. Haywood, 「The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One」, 出自 Trains Illustrated，第 149 頁:

     Having got its Act, the M.B.M. & M.J.R. apparently had misgivings about the route, in view of the very heavy engineering works that would be necessary, and on November 9, 1846, the company gave notice of a further bill for a deviated line, which was passed into law on July 22, 1847.

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用法說明

幾乎總是用複數形。

近義詞

• doubt
• 參見Thesaurus:apprehension

延伸閱讀

• 「misgiving」，Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary，Springfield, Mass.：G. & C. Merriam，1913年，OCLC 800618302
• 「misgiving」，The Century Dictionary […]，New York, N.Y.：The Century Co.，1911，OCLC 867766587