incredulous\sceptical如何区分?

incredulous\sceptical如何区分?
incredulous\sceptical如何区分?

incredulous\sceptical如何区分?
作为“怀疑的”,“不相信的”意思,字典里的释义十分相近.也就是说,这两个词用任何一个都不能算错.
如果真要细分的话,在我的阅读/写作经历里,skeptical (这是更为广泛使用的拼写方式) 更倾向“怀疑的”,是一种态度,含有不信任的意思.而 incredulous 更倾向“无法相信的”,是一种事实.
态度是有轻重之分的,即,可以有 very skeptical,a little skeptical,somewhat skeptical...但是事实更像是0和1的区别,所有一般不会加 "very" "a litte" "somewhat"这样的词来修饰incredulous 的.例如你要说“我有一点点怀疑”,就最好用"I'm a little skeptical" 而不是 "I'm a little incredulous".

incredulous- more like 'I just can't believe in something'
skeptical- more like ' having a belief in something 怀疑的
They both mean I don't believe in something but they are different in terms ...

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incredulous- more like 'I just can't believe in something'
skeptical- more like ' having a belief in something 怀疑的
They both mean I don't believe in something but they are different in terms that skeptical is used more often and means 怀疑的.
Incredulous is hardly used....
So it's safer to use 'skeptical

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