leery
英 ['l??r?]
美
- adj. 機敏的；狡猾的；猜疑的；送秋波的
GRE暢通詞匯
中文詞源
leery 猜疑的，謹防的
來自leer,斜看，斜瞟，引申詞義猜疑的，謹防的。
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.
雙語例句
- 1. The government is leery of changing the current law.
- 政府對是否修改現(xiàn)行法律存有疑慮。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. They were leery about investing in a company controlled by a single individual.
- 把資金投向一個由一人獨自操控的公司，他們不大放心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I would be leery of committing my company to employ hundreds of Indian workers, sight and skill unseen.
- 在對幾千名印度工人的技術情況事先還不了解時,我是不會隨便讓我的公司雇用他們的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Executives say they are leery of the proposed system.
- 行政人員們說他們對擬建中的系統(tǒng)心懷顧慮。
來自辭典例句
- 5. I tend to be a bit leery of cut - price ` bargains '.
- 我對減價商品有點戒心.
來自辭典例句