1. 1鐵定會成、穩贏(英式口語;不是「證書」的縮寫)

    In this meaning, a cert is a thing you treat as already decided: it is sure to happen, or sure to succeed. People say “it’s a cert” or “a dead cert” when they feel there is almost no chance of it going the other way — a horse, a team, a person getting the job. It is mainly British, and it is informal; you would not put it in a careful report. Though actually, speakers still use it when they are not truly 100% sure — it is a strong, claim, not a scientific one. It is a noun in real use (“she’s a cert to win”), even if notes sometimes dress it up like a verb idea.

組成A short informal clipping of certainty — the same “sure” idea as certain.

同家族的字

  • certainsame “sure” idea; cert is the short, chatty British take
  • certaintya cert is a certainty said the short way

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

certnoun

  • 1

    informalCertificate.

    • I bought some gift certs for my family for Christmas.
  • 2

    informalA certainty; something guaranteed to happen.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • computer emergency response team

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。