(BrE) (NAmEskeptic) ADJECTIVE | VERB + SCEPTIC/SKEPTIC | SCEPTIC/SKEPTIC + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤hardened堅定的懷疑論者VERB + SCEPTIC/SKEPTIC➤convince, win over說服懷疑論者;把持懷疑態度的人爭取過來◇He has managed to convince even the sceptics.他甚至連懷疑派都說服了。➤confound, defy, refute, silence駁倒/反抗/駁斥/壓制懷疑論者SCEPTIC/SKEPTIC + VERB➤argue sth, claim sth, point out sth, say sth懷疑論者爭辯⋯/聲稱⋯/指出⋯/說道⋯◇Sceptics will argue that no such plan has ever proved successful.懷疑論者會辯稱此類方案沒有成功的先例。➤think sth懷疑論者認為⋯➤doubt sth, question sth, wonder sth懷疑論者懷疑⋯/質疑⋯/揣測⋯PREPOSITION➤sceptic about對⋯表示懷疑◇She is a sceptic about the dangers of global warming.她對全球變暖威脅論持懷疑態度。PHRASES➤prove the sceptics right, prove the sceptics wrong證明懷疑論者正確/錯誤◇Events since the elections have proved the sceptics right.選舉後發生的一系列事件證明懷疑派是正確的。