| 词汇 | skittishness |
| 释义 | skittishness noun[ U ] uk /ˈskɪt.ɪʃ.nəs/ us /ˈskɪt̬.ɪʃ.nəs/ the feeling of being nervous or easily frightened, or nervous behaviour: 不安，易受惊，紧张 With worries about another recession and consumer skittishness, companies are not likely to hire in huge numbers. 由于对另一次经济衰退的担忧和消费者的紧张不安，公司不可能大量招聘。 I think her skittishness is only nerves.我觉得她的不安只是紧张所至。 See skittish There were continuing signs of investor skittishness in the New York stock market. Their skittishness is often interpreted as rudeness by playmates, parents, and teachers. Economic skittishness is prompting manufacturers of consumer items to cut back production. Anxiety and worry - general words agita agitation angst anti-stress apprehension break out in a cold sweat fluster heebie-jeebies jitters nerve nervousness oppression panic attack strain tension tizzy to someone's consternation trepidation uneasiness willie Examples of skittishnessskittishness But then the stock started to decline and now has run into investor skittishness about the broader tech sector. From CBS News Equities are lately reacting with far less skittishness to the threat of rates rising from near zero percent. From Bloomberg Is there a benefit to all this skittishness? From Bloomberg It's as if he sees and hears himself through the animals' eyes and ears, feeling their childlike skittishness and fear. From NPR Is this the start of a new phase of investor skittishness? From CNBC The study found that when elementary school teachers, who are primarily female, displayed a high level of anxiety about math, that skittishness was transmitted to their female students. From Ars Technica A certain skittishness concerning cost-recovery has made people unsure exactly what to do. From Project Gutenberg And his skittishness was increased when the children hooted at him as he walked in the morning. From Project Gutenberg But his fright and succeeding skittishness at least made for fast traveling. From Project Gutenberg 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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