mid-14c., "deserving of or exciting suspicion," from Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus "exciting suspicion, causing mistrust," also "full of suspicion, ready to suspect," from stem of suspicere (see suspicion). Meaning "full of suspicion, inclined to suspect" in English is attested from c. 1400. Poe (c. 1845) proposed suspectful to take one of the two conflicting senses. Related: suspiciously; suspiciousness.
例文
1. He reported that two suspicious -looking characters had approached Callendar.
彼は2人の挙動不審な人がカレントと接触したことがあると報告した。
2.The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious .
警察は彼女の行為が非常に不審であることを発見したことを示唆している。
3.I wasn 't going to demean myself by acting like a suspicious wife.
疑心暗鬼の妻のように自分をけなすような態度はしません。
4.The report mentions the death of 18 people in suspicious circumstances.
その報告書によると、18人の死亡状況は疑わしい。
5.Nottingham police last night found what they described as a suspicious package.ノッティンガム警察は昨夜、彼らが主張する不審な小包を見つけた。