uncertain
/ʌnˈsəːt(ə)n/
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ʌn - ˈsəːtən -> uncertain
၁။ (က) ~ (about/ of sth) သံသယရှိ[သော]။ သေချာဂနစွာ မသိ[သော]။ မသေချာ [သော]။ be/ feel uncertain (about) what to do ❍ uncertain about/ of one's legal rights.
၂။ မပြောတတ်သော။ မရေရာသော။ The outcome is still uncertain. ❍ The industry faces an uncertain future.
၃။ အတတ်မပြောနိုင်သော။ မသေချာသော။ As a player, her form at the moment is uncertain.
၄။ စိတ်မချရသော။ ပြောရခက်သော။ uncertain weather ❍ a man of uncertain temper.
၅။ စမ်းတဝါးဝါး(ပြုသော)။ the baby's first uncertain steps.
❏ in no uncertain terms [IDM ] ရှင်းရှင်းလင်းလင်း။ ပြတ်ပြတ်သားသား။ I told him what I thought of him in no uncertain terms!
❏ uncertainly adv ချီတုံချတုံ။ မရေမရာ။ speak/ smile uncertainly.
❏ uncertainty / ʌn'sɜ:tnti / n
(က) [U] မသေချာခြင်း။ မရေရာခြင်း။ There is some uncertainty about when the game is due to start.
(ခ) [C esp pl ] မရေရာခြင်း။ အပြတ် မပြော နိုင်ခြင်း။ the uncertainties of life ❍ political/ economic uncertainty.
- The origin of the word is uncertain.
- [it is uncertain whether/why/how etc] : It is uncertain how they entered the property.
- [remain uncertain] : Despite recent research, the precise mechanism of the virus remains uncertain.
- The economic outlook was beginning to look uncertain.
- [uncertain future] : The industry as a whole faces a very uncertain future.
- [uncertain about/of] : I left the meeting feeling anxious, and uncertain about what to do next.
- [uncertain what/why/how etc] : Greg was uncertain how to respond to this odd request.
- Sara seemed more self-assured: no longer young and uncertain, but a confident professional woman.
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