certain

【发音】

美 /'sɝtn/ 英 /'sɜːt(ə)n; -tɪn/

【翻译】

1. adj.肯定的；确实的

   英释:confident and sure, without any doubts

【短语】

1. a certain extent : 一定程度上

2. a certain degree : 到某种程度

3. for certain : 肯定地；确凿地

4. certain level : 某一水平

5. a certain amount of : 一定数量的

6. certain of : 有把握，确信

7. certain effect : 一定的效果；确定效应

8. make certain : 弄清楚；弄确实

9. certain areas : 某些地区

10. to be certain : 肯定

11. under certain circumstance : adv. 在某种情况下

12. make certain of : 把…了解清楚；弄明白

13. certain event : 必然事件；全事象

【例句】

1. I felt certain that I’d passed the test.

   我感觉自己肯定通过这次测验了。

2. Many people look certain to lose their jobs.

   许多人看来肯定要失业了。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...I can definitely remember what I learned on certain days at school...

2. (2017.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...agrees that it helped during certain parts of her education...

3. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...and can do nothing about it except keep people within a certain health range...

4. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Every　generation develops these habits at a certain age...

5. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Tears can perform certain communicative functious which words cannot...

6. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...The Distraction Addiction is particularly fascinating on how technologies have changed certain fields of labor-often for the worse...

7. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...I don't know for certain why Carl Dadisman...

8. (2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...we couldn't use certain bathrooms or try on clothes in stores...

9. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 听力题)...Only certain parts of the eye can be replaced...

10. (2009.12 • CET4 • • 听力题)...A third is certain basic chemicals such as carbon...

【同、近义词】

1. adj.某一；必然的；确信；无疑的；有把握的

   inevitable/some/necessary/automatic/secure/

【同根词】

1. adv

   certainly : 当然；行（用于回答）；必定

2. n

   certainty : 必然；确实；确实的事情