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 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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Insurers themselves mostly conform to this type: they produce modest, consistent returns-steady growth and, to reassure the skittish, a dividend.
保险公司本身大多数符合这一类型：他们产出适度且稳定的收益稳妥的增长和不确定的分红。
She must have seen him getting skittish.
她肯定是看到他开始紧张起来。
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。
And you tell me this woman is skittish.
你告诉我这个女人不太可靠。