vt. 怀疑,疑心n. 嫌疑犯,可疑分子
来源于拉丁语动词suspicere的过去分词suspectus,原义是"由下向上钦佩地看"或"由下向上不信任地看",前一种含义进入英语后消失。
拆分: sus-由下向上 + 两个相邻的s省略一个 + -spect-看
辨异:doubt, suspectdoubt 怀疑…不是,不相信suspect 怀疑…是,相信“嫌疑犯”表示“怀疑某人是罪犯”
例:(对比)We doubt whether he is ill.We suspect that he is ill.