leery
英 ['l??r?]
美
- adj. 機(jī)敏的；狡猾的；猜疑的；送秋波的
GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
leery 猜疑的，謹(jǐn)防的
來(lái)自leer,斜看，斜瞟，引申詞義猜疑的，謹(jǐn)防的。
英文詞源
- leery (adj.)
- "untrusting, suspicious, alert," 1718, originally slang, with -y (2), and perhaps from dialectal lere "learning, knowledge" (see lore), or from leer (v.) in some now-obscure sense. OED suggests connection with archaic leer (adj.) "empty, useless," a general Germanic word (cognate with German leer, Dutch laar), of unknown origin.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The government is leery of changing the current law.
- 政府對(duì)是否修改現(xiàn)行法律存有疑慮。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. They were leery about investing in a company controlled by a single individual.
- 把資金投向一個(gè)由一人獨(dú)自操控的公司，他們不大放心。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. I would be leery of committing my company to employ hundreds of Indian workers, sight and skill unseen.
- 在對(duì)幾千名印度工人的技術(shù)情況事先還不了解時(shí),我是不會(huì)隨便讓我的公司雇用他們的.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. Executives say they are leery of the proposed system.
- 行政人員們說(shuō)他們對(duì)擬建中的系統(tǒng)心懷顧慮。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. I tend to be a bit leery of cut - price ` bargains '.
- 我對(duì)減價(jià)商品有點(diǎn)戒心.
來(lái)自辭典例句