Skeptical

(a.) Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.

(a.) Doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred Scriptures.

科尔校对

• At one time the Astronomer Royal had felt very skeptical about the possibility of the discovery which his own labors had contributed to advance. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I was skeptical, but you finally convinced me; so now I am positive that toward the south we must travel to reach our friends. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The public was skeptical, however, and some averred that he was a lightning calculator who did sums in his head and printed them on the machine. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• So skeptical were the farmers that it was seven years before one bought a reaper of him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• A vast amount of educational work had to be done before a skeptical public would accept the telephone at its true value, yet courage and persistency triumphed. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It was a thing unprecedented in Smyrna at that time of the year, and scared some of the most skeptical. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

校对:迈克尔