skittish
英 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]
美 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]
adj. 易惊而难以驾驭的; 轻浮的; 易变的; 反复无常的; 说变就变的; 变幻莫测的
BNC.34526 / COCA.20080
牛津词典
adj.
- 易惊而难以驾驭的
easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control - 轻浮的;易变的;反复无常的
not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing - 说变就变的;变幻莫测的
likely to change suddenly- skittish financial markets
变幻莫测的金融市场
- skittish financial markets
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (人或动物)易激动的,易受惊的
If you describe a person or animal asskittish, you mean they are easily made frightened or excited.- The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.
美元的衰落给总是担惊受怕的投资者们带来了信心。
- The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.
- ADJ-GRADED 没长性的;轻佻的;善变的;靠不住的
Someone who isskittishdoes not concentrate on anything or take life very seriously.- ...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
他那永远变化不定的幽默感
- ...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
英英释义
adj
双语例句
- My horse is rather skittish, so I have to keep him away from traffic.
我的马很容易受惊,所以我让他远离车流。 - Oxborrow admits that he was skittish about the experiment.
奥克斯波洛承认,他对是否进行实验犹豫不决。 - This one's too skittish around cows.
这马见到奶牛太容易激动了。 - The financial crisis has made firms more skittish about relying on banks or securities markets for funds.
金融危机之后,企业不敢再依赖银行和债券市场募集资金。 - As a result, money market fund managers are a very skittish bunch.
受此影响,货币市场基金经理们成了一群惊弓之鸟。 - But this weekend's events cast a shadow over the standalone model, with its reliance on leverage and skittish wholesale funding.
但上周末的重大事件给依赖杠杆和承销融资的独立投行模式笼上一层阴影。 - It could be that the monkeys are just skittish when it comes to unwelcome sounds.
可能也就出现不愉悦的声音的时候这些猴子才会表现的活泼一些。 - Taking action to assuage skittish policy makers, on the other hand, is good politics but bad economics.
另一方面,采取行动来安抚紧张的政策制定者,虽然从政治层面来看是个不错的做法,但从经济层面来看却是个烂招。 - They seem a bit skittish.
他们好像有点容易激动。 - The oil market has become all the more skittish amid a raft of gloomy news from big oil producers.
随着全球各大产油国不断传出令人沮丧的消息,石油市场也变得更易波动。