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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sources of capital do seem to be leery of countries and regions running big current account deficits.
  他表示：资金源好像确实对那些有巨额经常账户赤字的国家和地区怀有顾虑。
• Although your co-workers are trying to be forthright now, you're leery about your boss.
  虽然现在你的同事想要坦白，你却对你的老板耍滑头。
• I've always been a bit leery of authority figures.
  我一直对权威人物有一点戒心。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• When I got leery and talked upWhy I'm broke.
  当我倒霉的时候，破产的时候。