incredulous 是一个形容词,意思是"不轻信的;表示怀疑的;难以置信的",用来形容一个人对某事感到难以相信,或表现出怀疑的态度。
/ɪnˈkrɛdʒʊləs/
She gave him an incredulous look when he said he had climbed Mount Everest alone.
当他说自己独自攀登了珠穆朗玛峰时,她投以难以置信的目光。
The audience was incredulous at first, but as the evidence mounted, even the most skeptical among them began to accept the extraordinary findings.
观众起初感到难以置信,但随着证据不断增加,即便是其中最多疑的人也开始接受这些非凡的发现。
incredulous 源自拉丁语 incredulus,由否定前缀 **in-**(不)和 credulus(轻信的)组成,而 credulus 又来自动词 credere(相信)。该词于16世纪进入英语,最初用于描述"不愿相信"或"持怀疑态度"的人。与之相关的词 incredible(难以置信的)也来自同一词根,但 incredible 侧重于描述事物本身令人难以相信,而 incredulous 则侧重于描述人的怀疑态度。