skittish 词态变化
副词: skittishly;名词: skittishness;
skittish 中文词源
skittish 轻浮的，易变的，变幻莫测的来自古义 skit,轻快的跑，唐突无礼的女孩，引申词义轻浮的，易变的，比喻义（市场）变幻 莫测的。
skittish 英文词源
- skittish (adj.)
- early 15c., "very lively, frivolous," perhaps from Scandinavian base *skyt- (stem of Old Norse skjota "to shoot, launch, move quickly"), from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project" (see shoot (v.)). Sense of "shy, nervous, apt to run" first recorded c. 1500, of horses. Related: Skittishly; skittishness.
skittish 英文释义
- 1. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
skittish 双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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.
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- 3. With consumers so skittish, service industries are not faring well either.
- 鉴于消费者如此易受波动, 服务业进展得亦不如人意.
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- 4. Skittish Americans are not the only ones worried about Chinese exports.
- 并不是仅有小心翼翼的美国人对中国出口产品感到忧虑.
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- 5. 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.
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skittish 实用场景例句
- skittish financial markets
- 变幻莫测的金融市场
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
- 他那永远变化不定的幽默感
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Skittish investors are keen buyers of Germany government paper, too, driving bond yields down.
- 忧心忡忡的投资者热衷于购买德国政府债券, 也驱使债券收益率下降.
期刊摘选
- My fellow legislators were skittish about appearing in any way be soft on crime.
- 我的议员同事们并不想以任何方式显露出对犯罪的手软.
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- Skittish investors are keen buyers of Germany's government paper, too, driving bond yields down.
- 躁动不安的投资者对德国公债的的狂热也促使了公债收益率的下滑.
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- She is as skittish as a kitten playing with a piece of string.
- 她很活泼,就像一只摆弄绳子的小猫.
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- With consumers so skittish, service industries are not faring well either.
- 鉴于消费者如此易受波动, 服务业进展得亦不如人意.
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- Investors get skittish, worrying that the issues plaguing one big player will affect another.
- 投资者被吓到了, 担心一个大玩家感染上瘟疫会传染给另一个.
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- Skittish Americans are not the only ones worried about Chinese exports.
- 并不是仅有小心翼翼的美国人对中国出口产品感到忧虑.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Skepticism about the Fed's willingness and ability to do all this makes Congress skittish.
- 由于怀疑美联储是否有意愿也有能力做好这些事情,国会的态度也时常出现变化.
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- They deliberately gave me a skittish and mordacious mount.
- 他们故意给我一匹脾气暴躁而且还咬人的马.
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- She is a skittish girl who doesn't behave herself.
- 她是一个儇薄女子,很不安分守己的.
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- 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。
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