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

• What is more, the regulatory risk is negligible in France and finland, since nuclear power is widely accepted by politicians and public alike, so financiers are less skittish.
  更重要的是，管理风险在法国和芬兰几乎可以忽略不计，因为这两国的政客和公众都广泛接受了核能，投资者也不会不安稳。
• Funds also have been skittish about bank investments because of fears that financial regulators could compel them to provide additional capital to such institutions in bad times thereby putting their investors at risk.
  此外，基金对于银行投资战战兢兢，因为它们担心，金融监管机构可能会迫使它们在经济低迷时期向银行提供追加投资，从而令其投资者面临风险。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this weekend's events cast a shadow over the standalone model, with its reliance on leverage and skittish wholesale funding.
  但上周末的重大事件给依赖杠杆和承销融资的独立投行模式笼上一层阴影。
• 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。
• 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 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。