| 释义 |
definite maybe
noun[ C ]
informaluk /ˌdef.ɪ.nət ˈmeɪ.bi/ us /ˌdef.ɪ.nət ˈmeɪ.bi/
something that you think you might do, but are not certain about: 不一定（表示有此意愿，但不确定）
"Are you going to Helen's party?" "It's a definite maybe."“你去海伦的聚会吗？”“不一定。”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Uncertainty
amorphous
be neither fish nor fowlidiom
blurringly
blurry
circumstantial
indeterminate
indeterminately
insecurely
insecurity
interrogatively
murky
shakiness
shallowly
slippery
spec
squishy
wavery
wifty
wishy-washy
you never knowidiom
Examples of definite maybe
definite maybe
That is a definitemaybe, no more.
From TIME
The answer is a definitemaybe.
From The Denver Post
Those definite maybes mean things will change.
From New York Post
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
|