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

• 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。
• 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。
• And you tell me this woman is skittish.
  你告诉我这个女人不太可靠。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They seem a bit skittish.
  他们好像有点容易激动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。