【常用新聞英文語彙】second-guess是什麼意思?


second-guess (vt)
1.糾正
The team was set up by the Ford administration in the 1970s to second-guess the CIA. 
這個團隊是一九七零年代福特政府成立的,目的在糾正中情局。

2. 對…提出質疑
Medical experts second-guessed his doctors after his hospitalization last week. 
他上星期入院接受治療後,許多醫學專家對他的私人醫生提出質疑。
If you’re second-guessing anything against him, he makes you pay the price for it. 
如果你對他的能力提出任何質疑,他會讓你付出代價。

3.質疑
He was second-guessed the moment he said Beckett would start Game 6 on Saturday on three days’ rest. 
他一說星期六打第六戰時要用僅休息三天的貝基特先發時, 馬上就受到質疑。
He has repeatedly told close friends that he does not believe it is appropriate or wise to second-guess his son. 
他一再告訴好友說他相信質疑自己的兒子是不當或不智的。
He tends to eschew argument and virtually never second- guesses himself or his decisions. 
他常常避開爭論並且可說不曾質疑他自己或他的決定。

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