A sceptic is a person who does not simply accept a claim, especially a claim many people already treat as true. Show them a confident story — a miracle cream, a big promise, a “everyone knows” fact — and they want reasons, proof, the bit that does not fit.

A sceptic懷疑論者（sceptic） is是 a person who does not simply accept a claim不會輕易接受一個說法的人, especially a claim many people already treat as true尤其是那種很多人早就當作真的的說法。Show them給他們看 a confident story一個講得很篤定的故事 — a miracle cream, a big promise, a "everyone knows" fact像是神奇乳霜、天大的承諾，或「大家都知道」的事實 — and they want他們就會想要 reasons, proof, the bit that does not fit理由、證據，還有那個兜不攏的地方。

It is not the same as being rude, and it is not the same as a cynic: a cynic thinks people are mostly selfish; a sceptic thinks this claim may be wrong. You can be a sceptic about one thing only (a diet, a rumour) without being a sceptic about everything.

It這 is not the same as being rude跟沒禮貌不一樣, and it is not the same as a cynic也跟 cynic（憤世者） 不一樣: a cynic thinks people are mostly selfish憤世者覺得大部分人都很自私; a sceptic thinks this claim may be wrong懷疑論者只是覺得這個說法可能是錯的。You你 can be a sceptic about one thing only可以只對一件事抱持懷疑 (a diet, a rumour)（像一種飲食法、一個謠言）, without being a sceptic about everything不代表你對所有事情都抱持懷疑。

In older philosophy, Sceptics were thinkers who held back from saying “this is certain.” The spelling sceptic is British; American English writes skeptic. Both start with a /sk/ sound, like sky, not a soft c.

In older philosophy在古代哲學裡, Sceptics were thinkers who held back from saying "this is certain."Sceptics（懷疑派）是那些不輕易說「這是確定的」的思想家。The spelling scepticsceptic 這個拼法 is British是英式; American English writes skeptic美式英語則寫成 skeptic。Both兩種拼法 start with a /sk/ sound開頭都唸 /sk/ 的音, like sky跟 sky 一樣, not a soft c不是唸軟音的 c。

Though actually, everyday “I’m sceptical” is often only “I am not convinced yet,” which is milder than living as “a sceptic.”

Though actually不過, everyday日常說的 "I'm sceptical"「I'm sceptical」 is often only其實常常只是 "I am not convinced yet,"「我還沒被說服」的意思, which is milder than living as比整個人被說成 "a sceptic."「a sceptic（懷疑論者）」溫和多了。