词组 | misgiving |
释义 | misgiving /mɪsˈɡɪvɪŋ/ noun [C,U] a feeling of doubt or fear about what might happen or about whether something is rightGrammarUsually plural.verbshave misgivings Her parents had some misgivings about the marriage. She was very young.allay sb’s misgivings (=stop someone from being worried) He tried to allay her misgivings about the idea, but with little success.express/voice your misgivings (=say that you are worried about something) Only a few senators voiced their misgivings about the war.adjectivesgrave/great/serious/severe misgivings (=used when you feel extremely worried about something) Many people have grave misgivings about the idea of human cloning.deep/profound/considerable misgivings (=used when you feel very worried about something) Teachers have deep misgivings about allowing business values to be used in schools. | He had considerable misgivings about taking the case to trial.initial misgivings (=used when you feel worried at first, but later stop feeling worried) He admits to having some initial misgivings about returning to Liverpool.prepositionsmisgivings about sth I had some misgivings about leaving my job.despite/in spite of sb’s misgivings Despite her misgivings, she decided to support the proposal. |
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