certainty

UK:  ['sɜː(r)t(ə)nti]

US:  ['sɜrt(ə)nti]

复数：certainties  

n.

1.确实(性);确定性;确实[定]的事,必然的事;确信,肯定

2.确定性;证实;肯定的立论

3.必然;确实

4.确实性,真实;事实;踏实

5.必然事件

6.可靠性

7.确凿无疑的事

8.万全之策

1 . This yearning for modernity, the juvenile ardor with which people embraced the cause of science, was due to this absolute certainty.
人们那时对现代化的渴盼，和愿意从事科学事业的幼稚热情，即归因于这种绝对化的定论。

2 . In fact, the power of voodoo is only due to the victim's certainty that a curse has been imposed and no escape is possible.
事实上，巫毒的力量只是来自于受害者的确信感：自己已经被施了诅咒，不可能逃脱了。

3 . Nufarm cautioned that there was no certainty an agreement would be reached or an offer put to shareholders.
Nufarm警告称，目前还不确定是否会达成协议、以及是否会将收购要约提交股东。

4 . Engels said: "Shan is based on the experience observing gains , is is to be able to testify certainty's sufficiently by no means" .
恩格斯说过：“单凭观察所得经验，是决不能充分证明必然性的。”

5 . Somehow or other, unexpected developments have a way of changing what seems to be a certainty.
不知怎的，意向不到的发展总是会有办法使一些看起来非常确定的事情发生改变。