skittish
英 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]
美 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]
adj. 易惊而难以驾驭的; 轻浮的; 易变的; 反复无常的; 说变就变的; 变幻莫测的
BNC.34526 / COCA.20080
牛津词典
adj.
- 易惊而难以驾驭的
easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control - 轻浮的；易变的；反复无常的
not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing - 说变就变的；变幻莫测的
likely to change suddenly- skittish financial markets
变幻莫测的金融市场
- skittish financial markets
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (人或动物)易激动的，易受惊的
If you describe a person or animal asskittish, you mean they are easily made frightened or excited.- The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.
美元的衰落给总是担惊受怕的投资者们带来了信心。
- The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.
- ADJ-GRADED 没长性的;轻佻的;善变的;靠不住的
Someone who isskittishdoes not concentrate on anything or take life very seriously.- ...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
他那永远变化不定的幽默感
- ...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
英英释义
adj
双语例句
- Wall Street remains skittish about financial stocks since a run on Bear Stearns caused the U.
自从美国政府牵红线让贝尔斯登下嫁摩根大通之后，华尔街对金融股的态度变得摇摆不定。 - She gets very skittish when her boy-friend is around.
她男朋友在场时，她就显得格外轻佻。 - The oil market has become all the more skittish amid a raft of gloomy news from big oil producers.
随着全球各大产油国不断传出令人沮丧的消息，石油市场也变得更易波动。 - But after the Facebook IPO turned into a fiasco, many technology investors became more skittish.
结果Facebook的IPO惨淡收场，许多科技投资者变得更加小心翼翼。 - It could be that the monkeys are just skittish when it comes to unwelcome sounds.
可能也就出现不愉悦的声音的时候这些猴子才会表现的活泼一些。 - She must have seen him getting skittish.
她肯定是看到他开始紧张起来。 - Profits remain so low that skittish investors are cancelling their plans.
利润仍然很低，以致举棋不定的投资者取消了他们的计划。 - Insurers themselves mostly conform to this type: they produce modest, consistent returns-steady growth and, to reassure the skittish, a dividend.
保险公司本身大多数符合这一类型：他们产出适度且稳定的收益稳妥的增长和不确定的分红。 - The financial crisis has made firms more skittish about relying on banks or securities markets for funds.
金融危机之后，企业不敢再依赖银行和债券市场募集资金。 - They seem a bit skittish.
他们好像有点容易激动。