Suspicionの例文や意味・使い方に関するQ&A

A: Suspicion basically just means Having a cautious distrust to someone or something

A: It means, was the suspicion correct? Or was the suspicion spot on?

A: When someone is suspicious of something, "it only confirms your suspicions" means that the evidence provided makes your suspicions come true.

For example, if I thought my brother stole my wallet, and I found the wallet in his room, finding my wallet in his room would only confirm my suspicions that he stole my wallet.

A: It means to be in such a position that no guilt may be thought or implied, especially through having an unblemished reputation

A: 'I have a sneaking suspicion she is hiding something.'
'They have a sneaking suspicion that he isn't being honest.'
'She has a sneaking suspicion that he will come back.'

A: @Ri-na "above suspicion" mean 'not suspected at all'.

Although a large quantity of fish was stolen, I can assure you, all my penguins are above suspicion.

A: They're both ungrammatical.

He was arrested on suspicion of being a spy.
or
He was arrested on suspicion of espionage.

He was arrested for being a spy.
or
He was arrested for espionage.

A: When you're suspicious, you think that something bad has happened, or that someone has done something wrong.

When you have doubt or are doubtful, you don't believe something someone has told you.

Example: "I was suspicious of Alice, she looked like she was up to no good."

Example: "I doubt that he actually told the truth."

Usually, the connotation is that suspense is based on feeling and no evidence, while when you're doubting someone, you've got actual evidence and less feeling to have a reason not to trust someone.

A: The meaning is the same, but the verbs bring different actions to mind.

To dispel is make something go away as if by magic. It was there, but poof! It’s gone.

To root out is to pull a weed out of the ground by its roots so it cannot grow back.

I think either expression is fine because suspicion can be hard to get rid of. Hard work or magic may be needed!

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A: "Her suspicions" is correct. "Her" is already possessive so "hers" never goes with a noun.

When it's by itself then it's okay. For example: "Is this book his or is it hers?"
"It's her book"

A: he suspects he has cancer.

he suspects it may be cancer.

A: Yes, it means that until someone is identified as the actual perpetrator, everyone involved is treated as a potential suspect.

It's about maintaining a level of doubt or skepticism until the truth is known.

A: You are under suspicion of stealing the jewelry! I wouldn't put it past them to rat on you wrongly.

A: I was relieved because they were no longer suspicious of me.

works a bit better though.

A: I have an uneasy feeling that I am a contract worker and I feel uncomfortable that I'm only a temporary employee.

A suspicion is an uneasy feeling so if you use suspicion you can drop uneasy. 😊

A: It might be an incorrect translation of what was said, since it doesn't make any sense to me.

But I can infer from the rest of the conversation that the sentence should be something like:

"That might suggest I agree with the rebels…"

By taking the slaves from the rebels, he's treating those slaves like property, which might suggest he really believes slaves are just property. But then he says he doesn't (think of them as property).