| 词汇 | dodgy |
| 释义 | dodgy adjective UKinformaluk /ˈdɒdʒ.i/ us /ˈdɑː.dʒi/ dodgyadjective (NOT HONEST)dishonest: 不老实的;狡诈的 a dodgy deal不诚实的交易 They got involved with a dodgy businessman and lost all their savings.他们遇到了一个奸商，结果把所有积蓄都赔进去了。 Dishonest artificiality bad faith be rotten to the coreidiom bent cowboy dubiously false finagle fishy fly-by-night malfeasance mendacious mendaciously misleading misleadingly uncandid under false pretencesphrase underhand unreliability unreliable dodgyadjective (NOT RELIABLE)likely to fail or cause problems: 不可靠的;有风险的 The weather might be a bit dodgy at this time of year.每年的这个时候天气都可能有些变化无常。 I can't come in to work today - I've got a bit of a dodgy stomach.我今天不能来上班了——我的肚子有些不舒服。 It was a dodgy situation.当时局面并不稳定。 likely to break or cause pain: 可能要断的；可能会痛苦的 Careful - that chair's a bit dodgy.小心——那把椅子有些不稳。 Ever since the accident I've had this dodgy leg.自从那次事故以后，我的腿就总是作痛。 Dangers and threats balefully baneful banefully black spot hang hang over something hazard hazardous hazardously non-lethal on/under pain of deathidiom or elseidiom parlous parlously someone's bark is worse than his/her biteidiom threateningly tombstoning treacherously triple threat ultra-hazardous You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Uncertainty Fragile and breakable Pain & painful dodgy | Business Englishdodgy adjective mainly UKinformaluk /ˈdɒdʒi/us likely to be dishonest or illegal: The couple lost their life savings in some dodgy investments. dodgy workmen dodgy accounting/dealing/trading Examples of dodgydodgy The esthetic argument is dodgy, since it often boils down to 'what you are used to'. Yes, some dealers have an inkling which shares are dodgy. Also, in their opinion, it did not mean that one was susceptible to unreliable, 'dodgy' or unknown characters. They are buying securities, even ones that contain dodgy derivatives and so on. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English If you want examples of species which are disappearing, there are a lot of dodgy statistics out there - take polar bears as an example. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Maybe it is not surprising that dodgy operators with a lax approach to safety should also be revealed as dodgy operators as far as the cargoes they carry are concerned. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English They were found to be dodgy projects. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We all know what that dodgy creed was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not only a war criminal; he is also the possessor of a very dodgy negotiating record. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, the so-called dodgy dossier incident was not particularly well handled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not a week goes by without another dodgy deal being exposed by the media. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does the proposal provide an effective way of dealing with the fairly small proportion of dodgy operators carrying the heavier loads? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that fences and dodgy dealers have civil rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The business of fitting in with demands sounds a bit dodgy to me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The public increasingly feel that the taxpayer is being robbed by dodgy entrepreneurs in the military sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of dodgy 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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