Scepticism is the attitude itself — the habit of doubting a claim, or doubting that something will happen, until there is a good reason to believe it. You can feel scepticism about one small thing (“scepticism about the weather app”) or carry it as a way of thinking.

Scepticism is the attitude itself懷疑態度指的是一種態度本身 — the habit of doubting a claim也就是習慣性地懷疑一個說法, or doubting that something will happen或懷疑某件事會不會發生, until there is a good reason to believe it直到有充分的理由可以相信為止。You can feel scepticism about one small thing你可以對一件小事抱持懷疑 ("scepticism about the weather app")例如「對天氣預報 app 的懷疑」 or carry it as a way of thinking也可以把它當成一種思考方式來抱持。

In philosophy, scepticism is a whole school of thought: maybe we cannot really know anything for sure. Everyday English is milder: it just means “I don’t buy it yet.” Though actually, people sometimes say scepticism when they mean cynicism — assuming everyone is fake or selfish. Scepticism asks for evidence; cynicism assumes the worst.

In philosophy在哲學裡, scepticism is a whole school of thought懷疑論是一整個思想流派: maybe we cannot really know anything for sure主張我們可能根本無法真正確定地知道任何事。Everyday English is milder日常英文的用法溫和多了: it just means "I don't buy it yet."就只是「我還不太相信」的意思 Though actually不過其實, people sometimes say scepticism when they mean cynicism人們有時候會把 cynicism 的意思講成 scepticism — assuming everyone is fake or selfish也就是預設每個人都是假的或自私的。Scepticism asks for evidencescepticism 要求的是證據; cynicism assumes the worstcynicism 則是預設最壞的情況。

British sceptical / scepticism; American skeptical / skepticism. Neither spelling is “more correct”; they belong to different standard varieties.

British sceptical / scepticism英式拼法是 sceptical / scepticism; American skeptical / skepticism美式拼法是 skeptical / skepticism。Neither spelling is "more correct"兩種拼法沒有哪個「比較正確」; they belong to different standard varieties它們只是屬於不同的標準英文變體。