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

• 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）。
• Be very leery of the results of any performance measurement that does not involve a realistic program load over a long period of time.
  对于那些没有包含什么实际的程序负荷，测试时间不够长的性能测试的结果，一定要非常当心。
• 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。
• He is leery of our proposal.
  他不随便附和我们的提案。
• "The guys were a little leery at first because of his age, but he really impressed us with his openness and his energy," mr Pauken told reporters.
  “最初，因为他年龄太小，联盟的成员们有点不太相信，但是他的坦率和活力确实给我们留下了深刻的印象。”保肯先生告诉记者说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When I got leery and talked upWhy I'm broke.
  当我倒霉的时候，破产的时候。