Incredulous



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 不肯轻信的
• ［英］ adj. 不肯轻信的 ( not willing to believe)
• ［记］ in ( 不) +cred ( 相信) +ulous ( 多...) -> 不肯多相信的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin incredulus, from in- + credulus credulous
• Date: 1579
• 1. unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true ; not credulous ; skeptical
• 2. incredible 1
• 3. expressing incredulity <an incredulous stare>
• ? incredulously adverb
• Usage:
  • Sense 2 was revived in the 20th century after a couple of centuries of disuse. Although it is a sense with good literary precedent—among others Shakespeare used it—many people think it is a result of confusion with incredible, which is still the usual word in this sense.

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