certainty

柯林斯詞典

1. N-UNCOUNT Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something. 確定
I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy. 我十分確定地告訴他們政策不會(huì)有變。
2. N-UNCOUNT Certainty is the fact that something is certain to happen. 必然的事[also 'a' N]
A general election became a certainty last week. 普選上周已成必然。
...the certainty of more violence and bloodshed. …必然會(huì)有的更多的暴力和流血事件。
3. N-COUNT Certainties are things that nobody has any doubts about. 確定的事[usu pl]
There are no certainties in modern Europe. 現(xiàn)代歐洲無(wú)定事。

Somehow she knew , with deep-down certainty, that her son was still alive .
Each one of us faces the certainty that we are going to die .
I can't say I'm certain they'll win , because there are no certainties in life , but they've got an excellent chance .
Can you state with certainty that this is the same man you saw on that day ?
He stood up and declared his faith with absolute certainty.