certain

常见例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• A certain person called on me yesterday.
  昨天有人来找过我。
• A certain Mr. Brown telephoned while you were out.
  你出去的时候,有个叫布朗的先生来过电话。
• The terrorists will only release their hostages on certain conditions.
  恐怖分子只有在某些条件下才肯释放人质。
• There are certain forms that must be followed in diplomatic circles.
  在外交界有一些礼节是必须遵守的。
• I am prepared to make certain concessions.
  我准备做某些让步。
• There was a certain hesitation in her manner.
  她的态度有些犹豫不决。
• If you want to be slim, you should try to lose a certain amount of weight every week.
  如果想变得苗条些的话,你应该想方设法每周减少点体重。
• She has certain definite beauties, such as her eyes.
  她确有几分姿色,比如说她的眼睛。
• There is no certain cure for this disease.
  这种病没有特效药。
• They face certain death unless they can be rescued today.
  他们除非今天获救,否则必死无疑。
• They went to a certain place.
  他们到某一个地方去了。
• The club meets on certain days every month.
  俱乐部成员每月于某些天聚一次。

用作表语: S+be+～

• His ear for music was certain.
  他对音乐的鉴赏力毋庸置疑。
• That we should stay together was certain.
  我们应该呆在一起这是肯定的。
• It is more or less certain.
  这有几分确定。
• After the Boston Tea Party, war with England seemed certain.
  波士顿倾茶事件以后,与英国交战似乎是不可避免的。

S+be+～+to- v

• We are certain to win the game.
  我们一定能打胜这场比赛。
• He is certain to come.
  他一定会来。
• The people of the afflicted areas are certain to need our help.
  灾区人民一定需要我们的帮助。
• Spring is certain to follow winter.
  冬去春来。
• The duties before you are certain to be heavy.
  摆在你面前的责任重大。
• We are certain to be victorious.
  我们定会胜利。
• The thief is certain to be caught in time.
  小偷迟早会被抓到的。
• You are pretty certain to be seen by someone who knows you.
  你一定被认识你的人见到过。

S+be+～+(that/)wh-clause

• I'm certain that he had seen me.
  我敢肯定他看见我了。
• We are certain that he will get over his illness.
  我们相信他一定会战胜病魔的。
• He is certain that this TV set will operate on batteries.
  他肯定这个电视机可以用电池。
• Be certain you catch your train on time.
  务必准时赶上火车。
• I'm certain I put the book on the table.
  我肯定是把书放在桌子上。
• I'm certain she saw me yesterday.
  我确信她昨天看到了我。
• I was certain I'd found you here if you were still in existence.
  我确信如果你还活着的话,我会在这儿找到你。
• I am not certain who he is.
  我无法确切说出他是谁。
• I'm not certain when we start off.
  我拿不准我们何时动身。
• I'm not certain where this ought to be put.
  我不能确定这东西该放在什么地方。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It is certain to rain.
  (我们相信)天一定会下雨。

It is/was+～+(that/)wh-clause

• It is now certain that he won the election.
  他在本次选举中获胜现在确定无疑。
• It seems certain that our team will win the prize.
  看来我们队有得奖的把握。
• It is certain he will come to the discussion.
  他肯定会来参加讨论。
• It is not yet certain who will succeed him.
  谁来接他的班还未确定。
• It is not certain when it will take place.
  不能确定这事什么时候会发生。

更多例句

• There is a certain impatience among some of the soldiers.
  有些士兵有点儿不耐烦。
• Over the years he's demonstrated a certain prescience in foreign affairs.
  这些年来，他已经在外交事务方面表现出一定的预见性。
• I feel certain that it will all turn out well.
  我觉得最后肯定会皆大欢喜。
• Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.
  很多动物只在一年的某个时候交配繁殖。
• The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs.
  这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。
• A period of depression can be a perfectly natural response to certain aspects of life.
  某段时间感到抑郁可能是对生活某些方面很正常的反应。
• There are certain things he does that drive me mad.
  他的某些举动让我很生气。
• If the government does not yield, it should face sufficient military force to ensure its certain and swift defeat.
  如果政府不让步，它就会面临重兵围困，必将迅速落败。
• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.
  证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定.
• An imbalance in certain chemicals leads to disturbances in the brain's function.
  某些化学成分失衡会道致大脑功能的紊乱.
• The people of the afflicted areas are certain to need our help.
  灾区人民一定需要我们的帮助.
• We are certain to win the game.
  我们一定能打胜这场比赛.
• I can tell you for certain that I am always honest.
  我可以肯定地告诉你,我一向是老实的.
• You are pretty certain to be seen by someone who knows you.
  你一定被认识你的人见到过.
• It all depends. I have certain doubts about it.
  这很难说, 得看情况.
• The command went forth that all men of a certain age should be killed.
  命令发出了,所有到一定年龄的男人都得杀死.
• There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit certain foreigners.
  在访问某些外国人之前要做好许多准备工作.
• A certain ruler in the Middle Ages was famous for poisoning her guests with chemicals put into their drinks.
  中世纪时,某女王以往客人饮料里放化学药品来毒死客人而闻名.
• It is good practice to write to a certain length.
  按照一定的长度进行写作是一种好的练习.
• The thief is certain to be caught in time.
  小偷迟早会被抓到的.
• He was too certain of her love to be deceived by such talk.
  他确信她的爱,因而不会被这种谣言所欺骗.
• These animals thrive on the leaves of certain trees.
  这些动物靠吃某些树的叶子长壮.
• Certain chemicals are easily absorbed into the bloodstream, while others are not.
  某些化学药品很容易溶于血液, 有些则不行.
• We rented the house on the stipulation that certain rooms should be painted.
  我们租这座房子时就约定好某几个房间必须油漆.
• She arrogated to herself a certain importance.
  她妄自尊大.
• A certain number of years ago, this place was still a little fishing village.
  若干年前, 这里还是一个小渔村.
• It'seemed certain that this would win the prize.
  这一块会得奖,这似乎是肯定的了.
• It's not at all certain whether I'll come tomorrow.
  我明天还不定来不来呢.
• We cannot very well avoid mentioning certain historical facts.
  我们不能不提到某些历史事实.
• Certain questions have yet to be clarified.
  有些问题还需要弄清楚.
• This letter made me certain of his innocence.
  这封信使我相信他是无罪的.
• It is certain that two and two makes four.
  二加二等于四是确定无疑的.
• When the doctor answered the phone, Mr gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr gilbert.
  当医生接电话时, 吉尔伯特先生说,他是在打听一位叫吉尔伯特先生的病人.
• Market Forecast: Extension of the industrial chain of a stainless steel industry is a certain demand.
  市场分析: 不锈钢加工企业的产业链延伸是市场必然的需求.
• The results of confession were not contingent, they were certain.
  供认的结果不是偶然的, 而是必然的.
• Bankruptcy is certain at most, we can just delay it, but we cannot prevent it.
  破产是必然的, 我们最多只能推迟它发生, 但是却无力阻止.
• So there is certain relationship among corporation image, corporation behavior and corporation development.
  因此,企业形象 、 企业行为与企业发展三者之间有着必然的联系.
• Q: Isn't a certain amount of sideways curvature normal?
  问: 脊椎有一些侧弯是否必然的正常现象?
• The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes.
  法院有权因某些罪行判处罪犯死刑。
• The symptoms may be exacerbated by certain drugs.
  这些症状可能会因为某些药物而加重。
• Certain courses are compulsory, others are optional.
  某些课程是必修的，其他是选修的。
• A period of depression can be a perfectly natural response to certain aspects of life.
  某段时间感到抑郁可能是对生活某些方面很正常的反应。
• I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.
  我会挑剔细节，我对某些事情相当吹毛求疵。
• There are certain things he does that drive me mad.
  他的某些举动让我很生气。
• They'll have to give up completely on certain of their studies.
  他们将不得不彻底放弃某些研究。
• The company has not fulfilled certain contractual obligations.
  该公司没有履行合同规定的某些义务。
• Certain kinds of property are transferred automatically at death.
  死亡时某些财产会自动转让。
• Paramedics are trained to administer certain drugs.
  护理人员们接受了配发某些药物的培训。
• Some soils are actually too alkaline for certain plant life.
  有些土壤其实碱性过强，不利于某些植物生长。
• The procedures should satisfy certain basic requirements.
  这些程序应该符合某些基本要求。
• Time has winnowed out certain of the essays as superior.
  历经岁月淘洗，某些文章终成经典。
• We are currently trying to trace the whereabouts of certain sums of money.
  我们目前正试图找到某些钱款的下落。
• Charges had already been made against certain officials suspected of disloyalty.
  对某些有不忠嫌疑的官员已经提起了诉讼。
• Leaflets have been air dropped telling people to leave certain areas.
  传单被空投下来，要求人们离开某些地区。
• The newspaper broke a written agreement not to sell certain photographs.
  这家报纸违反了不出售某些摄影作品的书面协议。
• Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.
  奥尔顿把自己搞得在某些圈子里极其不受欢迎。
• An imbalance in certain chemicals leads to disturbances in the brain's function.
  某些化学成分失衡会道致大脑功能的紊乱.
• Certain charities are exempt from VAT registration.
  某些慈善机构无须进行增值税登记.
• Certain desires are common to all men.
  某些欲望对所有的人是共有的.
• There are a lot of preliminaries to be gone through before you can visit certain foreigners.
  在访问某些外国人之前要做好许多准备工作.
• The police are seeking independent confirmation of certain details of the story.
  警方正在寻找案件某些细节的独立证据.
• That notary is authorised to perform the certain legal functions.
  公证人被授权执行某些法律职能.
• The club meets on certain days every month.
  俱乐部成员每月于某些天聚一次.
• I am prepared to make certain concessions.
  我准备做某些让步.
• In their evaluation of the project, they considered only certain aspects of it.
  在估算这个项目时, 他们只考虑了其中的某些方面.
• These animals thrive on the leaves of certain trees.
  这些动物靠吃某些树的叶子长壮.
• Certain chemicals are easily absorbed into the bloodstream, while others are not.
  某些化学药品很容易溶于血液, 有些则不行.
• We cannot very well avoid mentioning certain historical facts.
  我们不能不提到某些历史事实.
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