| 词汇 | leery |
| 释义 | leery adjective[ after verb ] informaluk /ˈlɪə.ri/ us /ˈlɪr.i/ not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it if possible: 不信任的；戒备的，防备的 I've always been a little leery of authority figures.我对权威人物一直存有戒心。 Synonyms suspicious wary Cautious and vigilant abundance an abundance of cautionidiom askance attentive attentively diligence diligent diligent about something/doing something discreet due diligence meticulousness mindful minutely narrowly once semi-conservative slowly snuffly super-cautious super-conservative Examples of leeryleery In addition, workers are now leery about accepting the implicit promise of lifetime employment that many larger firms formerly offered. Results such as this have made people leery of accepting the tacit knowledge explanation. But some free-will theists seem almost as leery of clear vision and compelling evidence as they are of more sinister forms of compulsion. An infertility clinic might be leery of undertaking infertility treatments and a pregnancy with someone whose health made any pregnancy a danger to her own well-being. It seems strange that we should fix a leery cheap rate of interest which does not reflect the true value of capital in the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An enormous amount of legislation already affects firms of all sizes and to extend it further is something of which we should be very leery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am extremely leery about the compromise that has been reached. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am pretty leery about any massive changes taking place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will certainly mean that patients will be leery of going near their doctors if there is any question of mental illness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would be very leery of saying to a company that it should know more about the environment than anyone else knows about it at a particular moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I seem to remember that, after they saw the disaster of the exchange rate mechanism—which they fully supported when we went into it, of course—they became rather leery of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As the states were leery of creating a powerful central government, the drive to achieve ratification was difficult. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I remember being leery of someone not indigenous to those cultures singing those songs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were leery about getting a new guy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The former is appreciative of help and of others, while the latter is often hostile and leery of outsiders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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