• adj. 機(jī)敏的；狡猾的；猜疑的；送秋波的

來(lái)自leer,斜看，斜瞟，引申詞義猜疑的，謹(jǐn)防的。

leery (adj.)

"untrusting, suspicious, alert," 1718, originally slang, with -y (2), and perhaps from dialectal lere "learning, knowledge" (see lore), or from leer (v.) in some now-obscure sense. OED suggests connection with archaic leer (adj.) "empty, useless," a general Germanic word (cognate with German leer, Dutch laar), of unknown origin.

1. The government is leery of changing the current law.

政府對(duì)是否修改現(xiàn)行法律存有疑慮。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. They were leery about investing in a company controlled by a single individual.

把資金投向一個(gè)由一人獨(dú)自操控的公司，他們不大放心。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. I would be leery of committing my company to employ hundreds of Indian workers, sight and skill unseen.

在對(duì)幾千名印度工人的技術(shù)情況事先還不了解時(shí),我是不會(huì)隨便讓我的公司雇用他們的.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Executives say they are leery of the proposed system.

行政人員們說(shuō)他們對(duì)擬建中的系統(tǒng)心懷顧慮。

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. I tend to be a bit leery of cut - price ` bargains '.

我對(duì)減價(jià)商品有點(diǎn)戒心.

來(lái)自辭典例句