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

• He is leery of our proposal.
  他不随便附和我们的提案。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。
• As a group, police officers are part of a culture that emphasizes acting, not introspection: Officers are leery of self-examination, viewing it as soft headed and not useful to their real-world work.
  作为一个群体，警官文化强调的是行动，而不是内省&警官以怀疑的眼光看待自我审视，认为那是意志薄弱的表现，对他们在真实世界里的工作毫无用处。
• I've always been a bit leery of authority figures.
  我一直对权威人物有一点戒心。
• This means that some in the markets who were previously leery of keeping their money in dollars, out of fear of future depreciation, had become less leery.
  这意味着，市场中一些此前因担心美元将来会贬值、而对继续持有美元资产怀有戒心的人，已打消了部分疑虑。
• 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。
• 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。