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
- 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。 - Uncertain economic conditions make them skittish: surviving at home is the number one priority.
不确定的经济环境让他们有些胆怯：在国内市场活下来才是首要任务。 - As a result, money market fund managers are a very skittish bunch.
受此影响，货币市场基金经理们成了一群惊弓之鸟。 - Though neither was particularly sickly, markets could no longer stomach their potentially lethal combination of illiquid assets and skittish wholesale liabilities.
尽管二者都不是完全陷入困境，但是市场对于其潜在的致命缺陷–非流动资产和不可靠的大规模债务的模式已经不再信任。 - This product's life cycle will only last as long as everybody's skittish about SARS.
因为这个产品的生命周期，只有大家都害怕SARS的这一小段时间而已。 - 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。 - 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。 - Investors remained skittish in the United States, although the Dow Jones managed to finish the day up slightly.
即使道琼斯指数在尾盘略有回升，美国的投资者仍然胆战心惊。 - This one's too skittish around cows.
这马见到奶牛太容易激动了。 - My horse is rather skittish, so I have to keep him away from traffic.
我的马很容易受惊，所以我让他远离车流。