certainty

certainty, assurance, conviction

名词 certainty:

1. the state of being certain
2. something that is certain
   同义词：sure thing, foregone conclusion

1. It's a mathematical certainty.
   这事绝对肯定。
2. That horse is a certainty.
   那匹马赢定了。
3. We have no certainty of success.
   我们没有成功的把握。
4. I can't say with any certainty where I shall be next week.
   我说不准下星期在什么地方。

cer.tain.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 cer.tain.ties
The fact, quality, or state of being certain:
确定性，确实性：成为确定的事实、性质或状态：
例句：
the certainty of death.
死亡的确定性

Something that is clearly established or assured:
确定的事，必然的事：
例句：
.On the field of battle there are no certainties.(Tom Clancy)
.战场没有肯定的事.(汤姆·克兰西)

<参考词汇><同义词>certainty,certitude,assurance,convictionThese nouns mean freedom from doubt.
这些名词都指没有疑问。
Certainty implies an absence of doubt that is based on a thorough consideration of evidence:
Certainty 含有经细致考虑事实后而消除疑虑的意思：
例句：
.Jealousy feeds upon suspicion,and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty. (La Rochefoucauld).
.嫉妒借猜疑而存在，它或转化为愤怒或在我们将怀疑转为确定时消失。. （拉·罗切福柯德）。

Certitude is certainty that is based more on personal belief than on objective facts:
Certitude 是更多地基于个人信念而非客观事实的确定性：
例句：
.Certitude is not the test of certainty. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.).
.确信并非确定的验证. （小奥利佛·温德尔·霍姆斯）。

Assurance is a feeling of confidence resulting from subjective experience:
Assurance 是一种由主观经验而产生的一种有信心的感觉：
例句：
.There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life. (John Stuart Mill).
.没有绝对的必然性这样的东西，但有足够满足人们生活目的的信心. （约翰·斯图亚特·穆勒）。

Conviction is certainty arising from the vanquishment of doubt:
Conviction 是由克服疑虑而产生的自信：
例句：
.The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. (Victor Hugo).
.生活中至高无上的幸福是确信我们为人所爱。. （维克多·雨果）