in question

当該の、話題の

今話している、その特定の人や物を指す。

やさしい英語で： The particular person or thing that people are talking about.

• The person in question is my sister.
• Nobody saw him on the night in question.
• Have you read the document in question?

使い方： noun + in question (The vehicle in question belongs to my brother.)

類義語： under discussion, at issue

よく使う表現： person in question, day in question, document in question

疑わしい、疑問視されている

確かでない、疑われている、または意見が分かれている。

やさしい英語で： Uncertain, doubted, or disputed by people.

• His honesty is now in question.
• The future of the school remains in question.
• New evidence has called the result in question.

使い方： something is in question (The safety of the treatment is in question.); call something in question (The discovery called his account in question.)

類義語： in doubt, disputed, uncertain

反対語： certain, undisputed

よく使う表現： safety in question, future in question, call in question