It is questionable whether the taxpayer receives value for money.
纳税人的钱是否用得物有所值是个问题。
2DISHONESTnot likely to be good, honest, or useful 值得怀疑的,可能不诚实的,靠不住的
I suspected that his motives for helping us were questionable.
我怀疑他帮助我们是别有用心的。
He was a man of questionable character.
他这个人的品行值得怀疑。
Examples from the Corpus
questionable• The value of such a simpledichotomy is questionable.• The picture's value is questionable.• How benign these films are, though, is questionable.• If the lab results are questionable, a patient may be asked to return for another test.• The conclusions of the survey are questionable because the research was based on a very small sample of people.• The research is questionable because the sample used was very small.• There was the questionabledecision to bring formerRaiderscoach Tom Flores out of retirement and back on to the field.• Equally questionable esthetically is the dashboard, which has a look of being pieced together from assorted parts.• His dream had finally run out in an Arabiannightmare of high living and questionablefavours.• Barton has been involved in some questionablefinancial deals.• It seems to me questionable that Ruether is herself theistic.• It is questionable whether the advertisements will increase sales.
highly questionable• Such a view seems highly questionable.• The cogency of this prescriptiveanalysis is highly questionable.• To most people today the prophecy about the second coming seems deranged and the other about everlasting life highly questionable.• However, she makes two highly questionable assumptions that must be challenged.• Now, it happens that is a very controversial and highly questionableeconomicproposition.• Whether that is so in other societies, which is highly questionable, is irrelevant.• These are, however, highly questionableprinciples in the moral and practicalminefield of child carepolicy.• In fact, it is highly questionable whether the royal use of these powers had been illegal.
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be成問題▸➤become變得成問題▸➤remain仍然值得懷疑ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常可疑▸➤highly大有問題◇Their motives for undertaking this study are highly questionable.他們承擔這項研究的動機大有問題。➤ethically, morally在倫理上/在道德上值得商榷