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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I've always been a bit leery of authority figures.
  我一直对权威人物有一点戒心。
• 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。
• When I got leery and talked upWhy I'm broke.
  当我倒霉的时候，破产的时候。
• 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。