suspicion

Compared meaning: a feeling of doubt or distrust (noun).

比较义项：怀疑、疑虑或不信任的感觉（名词）。

• suspicion 本词

  Suggests a feeling that something is wrong or that someone is guilty of wrongdoing, usually triggered by a concrete clue or event; can arise suddenly.

  指一种怀疑事情不对劲或某人有罪的感觉，通常由具体的线索或事件引发，可能突然产生。

  The strange noise raised her suspicion about the empty house.

  那诡异的声音让她对那栋空房子起了疑心。

• misgiving

  Describes a nagging doubt or unease about a decision or action one is about to take, or has just taken; forward-looking, and not about anyone being guilty.

  指对即将做出（或刚做出）的决定或行动感到的挥之不去的疑虑或不安，是一种前瞻性的感觉，与是否有人有罪无关。

  I had a strong misgiving about signing the contract so quickly.

  我对这么快就签了合同心里有很强烈的疑虑。

• mistrust

  A general, ongoing lack of trust or confidence in a specific person, usually built up over time through past experience such as lies or betrayal.

  指对某个人普遍、持续的不信任感，通常是因过去的经历（如谎言或背叛）长期累积而成。

  Years of lies had created deep mistrust between the two business partners.

  多年的谎言在两位生意伙伴之间造成了深深的不信任。

Suspicion, misgiving, and mistrust all name a feeling of doubt or distrust. Suspicion comes from a clue suggesting someone did wrong. Misgiving is a nagging doubt about a decision one is about to make. Mistrust is a lasting lack of confidence in a specific person.

这三个词都表示消极的怀疑或不信任情绪，但触发的原因和对象不同：suspicion 多因具体线索而怀疑某人做了坏事，misgiving 是对自己即将（或刚刚）做出的决定感到不安，mistrust 则是对某人经过长期累积而形成的不信任感。