词源

借自拉丁語 (“不相信的”)。

发音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/

• （英国南部）音频：

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• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˌɪn.ˈkɹɛ.d͡ʒə.ləs/

形容词

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1. 心有疑虑的，表示怀疑的，无法相信的 （自16世纪）
   • Template:RQ:Burroughs Gods of Mars
   • 1986, , :

     In safe flats and dark restaurants, never the same one twice, we ate quiet meals, exchanged our goods and gazed upon each other with the incredulous contentment that passes between mountaineers when they are standing on the peak.

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   • 2009 3月 18, Reuters, “Sun Micro Troops Fearful, Incredulous About IBM”, 出自 Wired.com‎，於30 June 2013歸檔自原頁面:

     Reactions at Sun's campus, an hour's drive from San Francisco, ranged from the fearful to the incredulous.

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2. (多已棄用，现已仅非標準) 难以置信的 （自17世纪）
   • c. 1601–1602 （写稿日期）, , “ [第十二夜]”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (（）), 伦敦: […] Isaac Iaggard和Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

     Why euery thing adheres togither, that no dramme of a scruple, no scruple of a scruple, no obstacle, no incredulous or vnsafe circumstance […] 。

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   • 1984, Supreme Court of Illinois, opinion in People v Terrell, 459 N.E.2d 1337, quoted in David C. Brody, James R. Acker, and Wayne A. Logan, Criminal Law, Jones & Bartlett Publishers (2001), ISBN 0-8342-1083-5, page 564,

     Faced with these facts, we find it incredulous that [the] defendant had any intent other than the armed robbery of the service station.