mistrust
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mis·trust1 /mɪsˈtrʌst/ noun [uncountableU] TRUST#the feeling that you cannot trust someone, especially because you think they may treat you unfairly or dishonestly 不信任 SYN suspicion, distrustmistrust of He had a deep mistrust of the legal profession. 他对法律界很不信任。
mistrust of• She showed a great mistrust of doctors.
mistrust2 verb [transitiveT] TRUST#to not trust someone, especially because you think they may treat you unfairly or dishonestly 不信任,不相信 SYN distrust As a very small child she had learned to mistrust adults. 她很小的时候就学会了不相信大人。
—mistrustful adjectiveadj Some people are very mistrustful of computerised banking. 有些人非常信不过计算机化的银行业务。
mistrust• I mistrust a twister like Herbert Samuel.• The motel clerk mistrusted Beattie because he didn't have any ID.• He didn't mistrust her exactly, there was just something he couldn't get to the bottom of.• Unfortunately, we are taught to mistrust our impulses.• Historians are surely right to mistrust over-enthusiastic explorers like Oswald Spengler or Arnold Toynbee.• Most worrying for his supporters is that Morales remains an underdog in a state that mistrusts them.