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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is leery of our proposal.
  他不随便附和我们的提案。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。