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半信半疑bàn xìn bàn yíaccept (a story) with a grain of salt; be only partly persuaded (/convinced); be still a little sceptical; doubt; be doubtful (/dubious); find sth hard to believe; half believe,half-doubt; half in doubt; (half) incred ulously; not entirely (/quite) believe; take sth sceptically (/with a pinch of salt)
❍ 凤姐也是半疑半信的。(《红楼梦》1316) Xifeng was still only half convinced./“哦？ 哎—”李先生～。(《茅盾文集》Ⅷ—358)“Oh?Well. …”Mr Li was still a little sceptical.
❍ 道静～地摇着头： …… (杨沫《青春之歌》254) Daojing shook her head incredulously.
❍ 话虽这么说，可神仙鬼怪这套封建迷信东西，传下来年长日久，不能一下子就从人们头脑里打扫干净，有人还是～。(石文驹《战地红缨》146) But despite this work of enlightenment the delusions of centuries were hard to uproot,and some people were still in doubt.
❍ 她～的问： “真的么？” (知侠《铁道游击队》553)In a doubtful tone she asked:“You really mean it?”/“那么，你去试一试吧！”张福全说的时候，现出～的神色，……(艾芜《百炼成钢》132)“Then you go and have a try!”Zhang Fuquan replied half believing,half suspicious.
❍ 他愕然望着尚仲礼，～的问道： “哦——仲老看得那么准？” (茅盾《子夜》》50)He looked at Shang Zhongli in amazement and asked doubtfully: “Are you so sure about it,then,Mr Shang?”/我～地对自己说，声音很低，差不多只有自己听得见。(《巴金文集·春天里的秋天》 Ⅱ—8) I said dubiously to myself,my voice too low for anyone else to hear. 半信半疑take sb half seriously,half skeptically;half believing,half doubting; doubtful; not quite convinced 半信半疑bàn xìn bàn yí一半相信，一半怀疑。比喻又信又不信。half-believing , half-doubting, not quite convinced, be neither off nor on |