Certainty

(noun.) something that is certain; 'his victory is a certainty'.

(noun.) the state of being certain; 'his certainty reassured the others'.

整理:维维安

• A commanding general cannot base his actions upon either absolute certainty or absolute ignorance. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• But what I have of certainty, sir, said Richard, is not all I have. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In all the different employments of stock, the ordinary rate of profit varies more or less with the certainty or uncertainty of the returns. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• All that he has of certainty will be expended when he is fully equipped. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Cos, says Jo with a perplexed stare but without being at all shaken in his certainty, cos that there's the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Poor Hermione, it was her one possession, this aching certainty of hers, it was her only justification. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Miss Bingley said something of his never returning to Netherfield again, of giving up the house, but not with any certainty. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It is a certainty. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The marriage is a certainty. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He was only restored to comparative calmness by repeated assurances of the certainty of discovering the fugitive. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• But the terrible certainty of his words remained the same. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I searched the Dundee records, and when I found that the barque 'Lone Star' was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a certainty. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• My feelings are at present in a state of dreadful indecision; I wish to acquit you, but certainty on either side will be ease to what I now suffer. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Who can measure probabilities against certainties? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Are no probabilities to be accepted, merely because they are not certainties? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

整理:肯尼思