leery

英 [ˈlɪəri]

美 [ˈlɪri]

adj.  猜疑的; 谨防的; 极力躲避的

复数：leeries　

GRE

BNC.44603 / COCA.16674

牛津词典

adj.

• 猜疑的；谨防的；极力躲避的
  suspicious or careful about sth/sb, and trying to avoid doing it or dealing with them
  1. The government is leery of changing the current law.
     政府对是否修改现行法律存有疑虑。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 猜疑的；警觉的；有戒心的
  If you areleery ofsomething, you are cautious and suspicious about it and try to avoid it.
  1. Executives say they are leery of the proposed system...
     行政人员们说他们对拟建中的系统心怀顾虑。
  2. They were leery about investing in a company controlled by a single individual.
     把资金投向一个由一人独自操控的公司，他们不大放心。
• ADJ 不怀好意的；色迷迷的
  If someone looks or smiles at you in aleeryway, they look or smile at you in an unpleasant way, usually because they are sexually interested in you.
  1. ...a leery grin.
     淫笑

英英释义

adj

• openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  Synonym:mistrustfulsuspiciousuntrustingwary

双语例句

• They were leery about investing in a company controlled by a single individual.
  把资金投向一个由一人独自操控的公司，他们不大放心。
• This heart hero helps ward off heart attacks in men and strokes inwomen, but experts have become more leery of its ability to causeserious stomach bleeding.
  对预防男性心脏病发作和女性中风来说，阿司匹林无疑很有用，但专家们越来越怀疑它可能会引起胃出血。
• For their part, entrepreneurs are leery of the banks, believing bank money comes with strings attached.
  就企业家来说，他们对银行怀有戒心，认为银行放贷是有附加条件的。
• Distributors are leery right now, and even a good film is probably not going to see much upfront money, so the lower filmmakers keep their expenses, the more likely they are to see profits.
  经销商现在是持怀疑态度，甚至可能是一个好电影不会看到很多前期的钱，所以他们的支出保持较低的制片人，越有可能他们要看到利润。
• Although your co-workers are trying to be forthright now, you're leery about your boss.
  虽然现在你的同事想要坦白，你却对你的老板耍滑头。
• Many developers are leery of reflection ( and the DLR) because of performance concerns.
  由于性能问题，许多开发人员都不愿意使用反射（和DLR）。
• But there may have been too much of a good thing for Switzerland: As international traders leery of other nations 'financial stability poured money into the safety of Swiss money accounts, the franc jumped in value, putting a dent in Swiss exports and tourism.
  但对瑞士来说也有坏消息：由于国际贸易者怀疑其他国家的金融稳定性，把太多钱存在瑞士的账户，导致瑞士法郎升值，对瑞士的出口和旅游业造成打击。
• These loans are packaged together as securities and sold to investors, but after the huge losses for mortgage-backed securities, investors have grown leery of buying other types of consumer debt.
  这些贷款综合在一起作为保证并卖给投资者，消费者就会对购买其它类型消费者债务持怀疑态度。
• Their mistake: they assume hot investments and hot funds will stay hot. but, in fact, such dazzling gains ought to make them leery.
  他们的错误在于：他们以为热门的投资和热门的基金会一直热下去。但实际上，如此耀眼的涨势本应令他们。
• I've always been a bit leery of authority figures.
  我一直对权威人物有一点戒心。