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

• European stocks are generally down again as energy shares made investors skittish.
  能源类股让投资人感到不安。欧洲股市再次整体下滑。
• 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。
• 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。
• Wall Street remains skittish about financial stocks since a run on Bear Stearns caused the U.
  自从美国政府牵红线让贝尔斯登下嫁摩根大通之后，华尔街对金融股的态度变得摇摆不定。
• She must have seen him getting skittish.
  她肯定是看到他开始紧张起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。