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

• When I got leery and talked upWhy I'm broke.
  当我倒霉的时候，破产的时候。
• I've always been a bit leery of authority figures.
  我一直对权威人物有一点戒心。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Follow Office Policies. Most IT departments are leery of allowing associates free reign to download software to their computers.
  遵守职场规则。很多IT部门都不愿意公司其他部门同事随心所欲的在自己电脑上下载软件。
• 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。
• 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。
• I am always leery of sentences that contain the phrase'my dear fellow '.
  我对于含有“我亲爱的伙计”这一用语的句子总是心存戒意的。