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

• Internet users had been skittish about shopping online.
  因特网使用者对网购物提心吊胆。
• This one's too skittish around cows.
  这马见到奶牛太容易激动了。
• As a result, money market fund managers are a very skittish bunch.
  受此影响，货币市场基金经理们成了一群惊弓之鸟。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。