certainty, assurance, conviction

名詞 certainty:

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

1. It's a mathematical certainty.
   這事絕對肯定。
2. That horse is a certainty.
   那匹馬贏定了。
3. We have no certainty of success.
   我們沒有成功的把握。
4. I can't say with any certainty where I shall be next week.
   我說不準(zhǔn)下星期在什么地方。

cer.tain.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 cer.tain.ties
The fact, quality, or state of being certain:
確定性，確實(shí)性：成為確定的事實(shí)、性質(zhì)或狀態(tài)：
例句：
the certainty of death.
死亡的確定性

Something that is clearly established or assured:
確定的事，必然的事：
例句：
.On the field of battle there are no certainties.(Tom Clancy)
.戰(zhàn)場沒有肯定的事.(湯姆·克蘭西)

<參考詞匯><同義詞>certainty,certitude,assurance,convictionThese nouns mean freedom from doubt.
這些名詞都指沒有疑問。
Certainty implies an absence of doubt that is based on a thorough consideration of evidence:
Certainty 含有經(jīng)細(xì)致考慮事實(shí)后而消除疑慮的意思：
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，它或轉(zhuǎn)化為憤怒或在我們將懷疑轉(zhuǎn)為確定時消失。. （拉·羅切?？碌拢?。

Certitude is certainty that is based more on personal belief than on objective facts:
Certitude 是更多地基于個人信念而非客觀事實(shí)的確定性：
例句：
.Certitude is not the test of certainty. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.).
.確信并非確定的驗(yàn)證. （小奧利佛·溫德爾·霍姆斯）。

Assurance is a feeling of confidence resulting from subjective experience:
Assurance 是一種由主觀經(jīng)驗(yàn)而產(chǎn)生的一種有信心的感覺：
例句：
.There is no such thing as absolute certainty, but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life. (John Stuart Mill).
.沒有絕對的必然性這樣的東西，但有足夠滿足人們生活目的的信心. （約翰·斯圖亞特·穆勒）。

Conviction is certainty arising from the vanquishment of doubt:
Conviction 是由克服疑慮而產(chǎn)生的自信：
例句：
.The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. (Victor Hugo).
.生活中至高無上的幸福是確信我們?yōu)槿怂鶒邸? （維克多·雨果）