incredulous

/ɪnˈkredʒələs/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈkredʒələs/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)in-ˈkre-jə-ləs -dyə-ləs/ (ame, mw)

incredulous — 形容詞

  • incredulouspositive
  • more incredulouscomparative
  • most increduloussuperlative

1. feeling or showing that you cannot or will not believe what you have just heard

1.形容詞C1
釋義

不相信的

因事情太離奇而不願或無法相信

feeling or showing that you cannot or will not believe what you have just heard or seen, usually because it seems surprising, shocking, or unlikely to be true.

例句

Nila gave her brother an incredulous look when he claimed he had cleaned the kitchen.

當哥哥聲稱他打掃過廚房時，Nila 用一種不相信的眼神看著他。

incredulous look / stare / glance — common collocation for visible disbelief

Hugo was incredulous that his bicycle had been stolen from inside the locked garage.

Hugo 無法相信自己的腳踏車竟然從上鎖的車庫裡被偷走。

incredulous + that-clause for disbelief at reported fact

同義詞
  • disbelieving

    plainer everyday word; same meaning with less formal weight

  • skeptical

    doubt based on reasoning or evidence, not surprise

  • dubious

    uncertain rather than refusing to believe; weaker

  • unbelieving

    literary; often religious context

反義詞
  • credulous

    ready to believe things without proof — direct opposite

  • trusting

    general willingness to believe people

文法句型

incredulous + that-clause

incredulous at + noun

用法筆記

Describes a person, or a person's facial expression, voice, or tone — not the thing being doubted. The thing that is hard to believe is 'incredible', not 'incredulous'.

常見錯誤

❌The story was incredulous.
✅The story was incredible.
💡'incredulous' describes the doubter, not the doubted thing.
❌He gave a credulous laugh.
✅He gave an incredulous laugh.
💡'credulous' means easily fooled; 'incredulous' means refusing to believe.