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1 doubtful
['dautful]adjfact niepewny* * *1) (feeling doubt; uncertain what to think, expect etc: He is doubtful about the future of the school.) sceptyczny2) (able to be doubted; not clear: The outcome is doubtful; a doubtful result.) wątpliwy3) (uncertain but rather unlikely, unhopeful etc: It is doubtful whether this will work; a doubtful improvement.) wątpliwy4) (suspicious: He's rather a doubtful character.) podejrzany -
2 doubtful value
wartość wątpliwa -
3 borderline
['bɔːdəlaɪn]non the borderline fig — na granicy
* * *adjective (doubtful; on the border between one thing and another: He was a borderline case, so we gave him an additional exam to see if he would pass it.) graniczny -
4 debatable
[dɪ'beɪtəbl]adjit is debatable whether — jest wątpliwe, czy
* * *adjective (doubtful; able to be argued about: a debatable point.) sporny, dyskusyjny -
5 doubt
[daut] 1. n 2. vtto doubt if/whether … — wątpić, czy …
I don't doubt that … — nie wątpię, że …
* * *1. verb1) (to feel uncertain about, but inclined not to believe: I doubt if he'll come now; He might have a screwdriver, but I doubt it.) wątpić2) (not to be sure of the reliability of: Sometimes I doubt your intelligence!) wątpić w2. noun(a feeling of not being sure and sometimes of being suspicious: There is some doubt as to what happened; I have doubts about that place.) wątpliwość- doubtful- doubtfully
- doubtfulness
- doubtless
- beyond doubt
- in doubt
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6 dubious
['djuːbɪəs]adjclaim, reputation wątpliwy; past, company podejrzany* * *['dju:biəs]1) (doubtful: I am dubious about the wisdom of this action.) pełen wątpliwości2) (probably not honest: dubious behaviour.) wątpliwy podejrzany•- dubiety- dubiousness -
7 question
['kwɛstʃən] 1. n 2. vt( interrogate) pytać; ( doubt) wątpićto ask sb a question, put a question to sb — zadawać (zadać perf) komuś pytanie
to bring/call sth into question — podawać (podać perf) coś w wątpliwość
the question is, … — problem w tym, …
the person/night in question — osoba/noc, o której mowa
* * *['kwes ən] 1. noun1) (something which is said, written etc which asks for an answer from someone: The question is, do we really need a computer?) pytanie2) (a problem or matter for discussion: There is the question of how much to pay him.) kwestia3) (a single problem in a test or examination: We had to answer four questions in three hours.) pytanie, zadanie, temat4) (criticism; doubt; discussion: He is, without question, the best man for the job.) wątpliwość5) (a suggestion or possibility: There is no question of our dismissing him.) możliwość2. verb1) (to ask (a person) questions: I'll question him about what he was doing last night.) wypytać2) (to regard as doubtful: He questioned her right to use the money.) (za)kwestionować•- questionably
- questionableness
- question mark
- question-master
- questionnaire
- in question
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8 questionable
['kwɛstʃənəbl]adj* * *1) (doubtful; uncertain.) niejasny2) (probably not true, honest, respectable: questionable behaviour.) wątpliwy -
9 umpire
['ʌmpaɪə(r)] 1. narbiter m, sędzia m2. vt, vi* * *1. noun(in cricket, tennis etc, a person who supervises a game, makes sure that it is played according to the rules, and decides doubtful points: Tennis players usually have to accept the umpire's decision.) sędzia2. verb(to act as umpire: Have you umpired a tennis match before?) sędziować
См. также в других словарях:
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