leery

US [ˈlɪri]
UK [ˈlɪəri]
  • adj.猜疑的；谨防的；极力躲避的
  • Web机警的；机敏的；狡猾的
Comparative Degree：leerier  Superlative：leeriest  

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leery
adj.
1.
(informal)
~ (of sth/sb).~ (of doing sth)
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
The government is leery of changing the current law.
政府对是否修改现行法律存有疑虑。

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AllAll,猜疑的猜疑的,谨防的谨防的,极力躲避的极力躲避的,机警的机警的,机敏的机敏的,狡猾的狡猾的
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1.
I would be very leery of any companies that are exporting raw materials into China to build up this real estate bubble.
我对任何公司出口原材料到中国进而加剧房地产泡沫的行为持保留态度。
wǒ duì rèn hé gōng sī chū kǒu yuán cái liào dào zhōng guó jìn ér jiā jù fáng dì chǎn pào mò de xíng wéi chí bǎo liú tài du 。
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2.
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。
duì yú nà xiē méi yǒu bāo hán shén me shí jì de chéng xù fù hè , cè shì shí jiān bú gòu cháng de xìng néng cè shì de jié guǒ , yí dìng yào fēi cháng dāng xīn 。
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3.
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。
suī rán xiàn zài nǐ de tóng shì xiǎng yào tǎn bái , nǐ què duì nǐ de lǎo bǎn shuǎ huá tou 。
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4.
He has no credibility. We have to be leery of his proposal.
他没有一点信用，我们得对他的建议提防一些。
tā méi yǒu yì diǎn xìn yòng , wǒ men de duì tā de jiàn yì dī fáng yì xiē 。
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5.
Employers might be leery of hiring candidates with a history of job-hopping due to recruiting and training expenses.
处于对招聘和培训成本的考虑，雇主可能会对那些有跳槽经历的人小心谨慎。
chǔ yú duì zhāo pìn hé péi xùn chéng běn de kǎo lǜ , gù zhǔ kě néng huì duì nà xiē yǒu tiào cáo jīng lì de rén xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn 。
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6.
Nixon has instituted many reforms over the last three years, and he's leery of focusing too much on paddling as a "fix-all. "
在过去三年中，尼克松已经实行了很多改革，但他对于将注意力过分集中于打学生作为“纠正一切”的措施也表示疑惑。
zài guò qù sān nián zhōng , ní kè sōng yǐ jīng shí xíng le hěn duō gǎi gé , dàn tā duì yú jiāng zhù yì lì guò fèn jí zhōng yú dǎ xué shēng zuò wéi " jiū zhèng yí qiè " de cuò shī yě biǎo shì yí huò 。
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7.
I'm not as confident those graphs are going to hold up for fields besides computer science, so I'd be leery of betting on a date.
偶可不那么相信这些图表还能在包括计算机科学内的其他领域继续嚣张下去，所以偶在日期上打赌做文章。
ǒu kě bù nà me xiāng xìn zhè xiē tú biǎo hái néng zài bāo kuò jì suàn jī kē xué nèi de qí tā lǐng yù jì xù xiāo zhāng xià qù , suǒ yǐ ǒu zài rì qī shàng dǎ dǔ zuò wén zhāng 。
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8.
I tend to be a bit leery of those cut-rate commodities that flood the racks at sale time.
我对大甩卖时堆积如山的减价商品总有点不放心。
wǒ duì dà shuǎi mài shí duī jī rú shān de jiǎn jià shāng pǐn zǒng yǒu diǎn bù fàng xīn 。
blog.sina.com.cn
9.
While some U. S. investment banks were leery about the Rusal IPO, it had no trouble finding underwriters.
虽然一些美国投资银行对Rusal公司的IPO存有戒心，但这家公司寻找承销商并不费力。
suī rán yì xiē měi guó tóu zī yín háng duì Rusal gōng sī de IPO cún yǒu jiè xīn , dàn zhè jiā gōng sī xún zhǎo chéng xiāo shāng bìng bù fèi lì 。
c.wsj.com
10.
But the recession has made many companies leery about hiring employees who may not be able to adapt to volatile market changes.
但经济衰退使许多公司对于雇用可能无法适应多变市场环境的员工持谨慎态度。
dàn jīng jì shuāi tuì shǐ xǔ duō gōng sī duì yú gù yòng kě néng wú fǎ shì yìng duō biàn shì chǎng huán jìng de yuán gōng chí jǐn shèn tài du 。
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