certainty n. 确实(性);确定性;确实[定]的事,必然的事;确信,肯定。 the certainty of death 死的必然性。 bet on a certainty十拿九稳地赌。 a dead certainty (竞赛时)必胜的马;十拿九稳,势所必然。 for [to, of ] a certainty 的确,显然;毫无疑问。 moral certainty 靠得住,定准,一定。 with certainty 确信,的确。
Yet we have to admit we cannot demonstrate its truth beyond all possible cavil and, further, we have to recognize that the communication which we have with other persons may be less complete than we imagine, but in spite of all this, we feel that it is more than a reasonable assumption-it is a practical certainty-that other persons exist and that we are able to communicate our thoughts to them 但是,我们必得承认,对此真实现象的证明不可能达到无懈可击,而且我们还需要进一步了解,我们跟他人的交谈,可能不像我们想象的那么完备,可是,尽管有这些顾虑,我们对于他人的存在,以及我们能够把自己的思想传达给他人之类的认定,觉得已经超出合乎常理的假定??它实际上是毫无疑问的事实。