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

GRE

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
  1. skittish financial markets
     变幻莫测的金融市场

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.
  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。
• 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.
  1. ...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
     他那永远变化不定的幽默感

英英释义

adj

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
  Synonym:flightyspookynervous

双语例句

• Oxborrow admits that he was skittish about the experiment.
  奥克斯波洛承认，他对是否进行实验犹豫不决。
• 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 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。
• And you tell me this woman is skittish.
  你告诉我这个女人不太可靠。
• 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。
• 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。
• They seem a bit skittish.
  他们好像有点容易激动。
• Almost uniquely, it need not wait for skittish managers to resume their investment programmes; its balanced budget and its low level of public debt gives the government scope to invest using its own balance sheet.
  几乎绝无仅有的是，德国不必等待胆小怕事的经理们重启他们的投资计划；德国平衡的预算以及较低的公共债务水平，使得政府具备了利用自身资产负债表进行投资的空间。
• 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。
• 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。