一、详细释义：


n.

确定的事，必然的事


例句：

That is a certainty.

这是必然的事。


例句：

There are no certainties in modern Europe.

当代欧洲没有什么是确定无疑的。


确定，有把握


例句：

I do not know with certainty if Mark will be at home tomorrow

我并不确实知道马克明天是否在家。


例句：

It can be said with certainty that he did it.

可以确定的说，那件事是他干的。


必然（性），肯定（性）


例句：

A general election became a certainty three weeks ago.

3个星期前举行普选已确定无疑。


例句：

I began to realize the certainty of freezing to death if I remained where I was.

我开始认识到，如果我呆在原地不动，必定冻死无疑。


二、词义辨析：


certainty,assurance,conviction

这些名词均含有“确信无疑”之意。 certainty指在客观上和主观上都无一丝一毫的怀疑。 assurance侧重依靠个人力量、本能、方法或对其他人或事的完全信任，强调有信心。 conviction多指在理性基础上清除了原有的疑虑或无把握，着重对证据的主观反应。


三、相关短语：


moral certainty

n.接近必然的可能性,确实可靠性


四、参考例句：


We have no certainty of success.

我们没有成功的把握。


We have no certainty of success.

我们没有成功的把握。


It can be said with certainty that he did it.

可以确定的说，那件事是他干的。


Her return to the team now seems a certainty.

她的归队现在似乎已成定局。


We do not believe that climate change is a certainty.

我们相信气候变化不是必然的。


A general election became a certainty three weeks ago.

3个星期前举行普选已确定无疑。


England will lose the match—that is a certainty!

这场比赛英格兰要输——这是肯定的！


I have told them with absolute certainty there'll be no change of policy.

我十分确定地告诉他们政策不会有变。


I began to realize the certainty of freezing to death if I remained where I was.

我开始认识到，如果我呆在原地不动，必定冻死无疑。


Both Descartes and Husserl devoted themselves to questing for the certainty of philosophy.

笛卡尔和胡塞尔都探索着哲学的确定性。