英 [ʌnˈsɜːt(ə)nti] 美 [ʌnˈsɜːrt(ə)nti]
n. 犹豫，无把握；拿不定的事，令人无把握的局面；紧张不安
复数uncertainties
uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtəntɪ/
有变体名词 Uncertainty is a state of doubt about the future or about what is the right thing to do. 不确定状态
...a period of political uncertainty.
…一段政治不稳定时期。
being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
the uncertainty of the outcome
同义词： uncertainness / precariousness
the state of being unsure of something
同义词： doubt / incertitude / dubiety / doubtfulness / dubiousness
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...中得到普遍认可的是Cunningham的定义,他用两个要素来定义感知风险:(1)个体对于出现不利后果所主观感觉到的不确定性(uncertainty);(2)后果(consequence),即如果事情发生后,其结果的危害性。
系统误差（SYSTEMAT6IC ERROR）:受系统自身分布误差影响的大量测量结果的平均值与真值的偏差。不确定度（UNCERTAINTY）:对测量中可能产生的误差的评估，即估计与被测量的实际量值可能产生的偏差的范围。
（6）不确定（Uncertainty）：模糊性被等同于它所导致的心理状态，即，不确定。在这个意义上，模糊性被认为是一个情境、事件、交互作用等所带来的一个结果。
方今穆塔(Muta)纳一事远比三年前更为丰富，国际足联(FIFA)能否予以执掌尚不明确(Uncertainty)，惩治超级自恋不可理喻的女人最好的方式，是直截了地指出她的缺点，别在乎她的咆哮与掉头离去。
uncertainly 不确定地；没把握地；犹豫地
[数][物]不确定，不可靠
It was a time of terrible uncertainty.
那是一段非常不确定的时期。
They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance.
他们希望这种等待和不确定性会削弱我的抵抗。
That's not the only uncertainty.
这并不是唯一的不确定因素。
It was a strange period, a season of uncertainty and anger.
VOA : special.2011.03.17
One thing that I'll just throw out now is that it's a remarkable description of the modern world of moral uncertainty.
我要去掉的一个东西就是,对于现代世界道德的不确定性的描述。
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Suppose you could find 10,000 independent assets, then you could drive the uncertainty about the portfolio practically to 0.
假设你能找到一万项相互独立的资产，那么你就可以将这个投资组合的风险,降到几乎为零。
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Despite the uncertainty about the fate of the detainees, Gibbs says the president is committed, above all, to Americans' safety.
VOA : standard.2009.05.20
"I do not know the volume. The volume is uncertain. There is a large uncertainty range around the 5000 barrels.
VOA : standard.2010.05.02
We worry that a contract or freelance project could end, throwing our finances into uncertainty.
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These include uncertainty around the impact of future funding costs and potential credit deterioration, said Ball.
She uses her power of prose to create moral ambiguity and the real uncertainty of political life.
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