首页 / 词典 / good

skittish

美 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]英 [ˈskɪtɪʃ]
  • adj.易激动的;变幻莫测的;反复无常的;说变就变的;易变的;轻浮的;易惊而难以驾驭的

派生词: skittishly adv.;skittishness n.

skittishskittish

adj.

1

易惊而难以驾驭的
easily excited or frightened and therefore difficult to control

2

轻浮的;易变的;反复无常的
not very serious and with ideas and feelings that keep changing

3

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

4


5


skittish

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED (人或动物)易激动的,易受惊的
    If you describe a person or animal as skittish, 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。

  • 2
    ADJ-GRADED 没长性的;轻佻的;善变的;靠不住的
    Someone who is skittish does 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

adj

1
unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Synonym: flighty spooky nervous

数据来源:WordNet

  1. 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。

  2. I won 't have my son associating with skittish girls .

    我不准我的儿子与轻佻的女孩交往。

  3. European stocks are generally down again as energy shares made investors skittish .

    能源类股让投资人感到不安。欧洲股市再次整体下滑。

  4. 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。

  5. But the mood is changing and investors are growing skittish .

    但市场情绪开始发生变化,投资人开始变得紧张。

  6. 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。

  7. Internet users had been skittish about shopping online .

    因特网使用者对网购物提心吊胆。

  8. She must have seen him getting skittish .

    她肯定是看到他开始紧张起来。

  9. 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。

  10. Skittish investors have already removed their money .

    紧张的投资者已经把钱撤走了。

  11. This one 's too skittish around cows .

    这马见到奶牛太容易激动了。

  12. 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。

  13. It made them braver , less skittish , and more likely to explore their environment .

    药物让它们更勇敢,不那么惊慌,并且更容易让它们勘察它们的环境。

  14. 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。

  15. 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。

  16. And you tell me this woman is skittish .

    你告诉我这个女人不太可靠。

  17. 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。

  18. The eight-story building had formed massive cracks , making employees skittish about entering the facility .

    这幢八层楼的建筑出现了巨大的裂缝,员工们都不敢进去了。

  19. 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。

  20. Taking action to assuage skittish policy makers , on the other hand , is good politics but bad economics .

    另一方面,采取行动来安抚紧张的政策制定者,虽然从政治层面来看是个不错的做法,但从经济层面来看却是个烂招。

  21. 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。

  22. 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。

  23. They seem a bit skittish .

    他们好像有点容易激动。

  24. Diminishing interest , skittish applicants As some law schools consider or adopt new models , students grow increasingly skittish about law school .

    随着部分法学院开始考虑或实行新的模式,学生对法学院的态度也愈发不安。

  25. 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。

  26. The biggest reason for the slowdown was skittish investors yanking cash investment funds that normally flow to such deals .

    市场清淡的最主要原因是不安的投资者纷纷退出通常会流向此类交易的投资基金。

  27. These companies are reaping rewards from investors who are skittish about shakier rivals .

    这些公司在衰退之时从疑虑重重的投资人手中得到回报,打败了相对不可靠的对手。

  28. Pilots still say it is skittish to fly , and UAVs of all kinds are much more prone to crashing .

    飞行员仍说,这种飞机飞起来很轻便,而且所有类型的无人机都更容易坠毁。

  29. Right : Everyone around here loves winning deals so much that we get skittish when it comes to finding out why we lost a deal .

    正确示例:在场的每个人都想要赢得生意以至于当我们找到丢失这笔生意的原因时,我们都坐立不安。

  30. For those who considered France too restive , conservative or skittish for change , Mr Sarkozy 's victory suggests otherwise .

    对于那些认为法国太难驾御,太守旧,太易受变革刺激的人来说,萨尔科齐先生的胜利有着别样的启示。