1.确实(性);确定性;确实[定]的事,必然的事;确信,肯定
1.something that will definitely happen or that you feel very sure about
2.the feeling of being completely sure about something
1.The certainties of Judaism made it attractive in that age of dissolving faiths, but circumcision was an obstacle to the conversion of men.
在各种宗教信仰的崩溃期，犹太教的确实性很吸引人，但割礼却是人们改宗时的一大障碍。
2.In a few years ' time , nostalgia will set in for the go-go years on Wall Street and for the bracing moral certainties of neoconservatism .
过不了几年，对华尔街欢乐年华，对新保守主义令人鼓舞的道义确定性，人们的怀旧情绪将会油然而生。
3.The answer is : No. The results are just as destructive to the pious certainties of " progressives" as to those of their opponents .
答案是：不。其结果对于“进步人士”及其反对者所确信的东西都同样具有毁灭性。
4.Of course, it's not always a pleasant experience to have our certainties stripped away.
当然，把自己确定的东西剥除不是那么愉快的经历。
5.Those brought up on a "if I know how it works I can fix it" mentality must have difficulty letting go of the old certainties.
“如果我知道它的原理我就能应付”这种心理伴随了一批人的成长，他们是无法对即成事实忽略不计的。
6.But maybe it is time for an alternative to the brash certainties , peddled by those pseudo- scientists, otherwise known as economists .
但或许是时候找到其它东西，来取代那些伪科学家（或称经济学家）所兜售的轻率定论了。
7.How does that prediction, or any of the other apparent certainties at the time of the crisis look now?
如今，这一预测——或者在危机之时其它任何明显的确定性——看起来怎样了呢？
8.That could be dangerous: it is an invitation to the far left and right to peddle their beguiling certainties.
这可能很危险：这是在邀请极左和极右势力兜售他们带骗人的确定性。
9.What is exciting in life is to discover something new about yourself, and not to be controlled by such certainties about oneself.
生命令人兴奋的地方，正是发现自己另一面，而不受自我肯定的东西所束缚。
10.With the last midnight trams all human hope seemed drained away, all the certainties of city noises gone.
最后几班深夜的街车开过后，人间的一切希望好像都被带走了，因市井嘈杂而生的实在感也一扫而空。