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

• 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。
• Internet users had been skittish about shopping online.
  因特网使用者对网购物提心吊胆。
• 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。
• She must have seen him getting skittish.
  她肯定是看到他开始紧张起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 oil market has become all the more skittish amid a raft of gloomy news from big oil producers.
  随着全球各大产油国不断传出令人沮丧的消息，石油市场也变得更易波动。
• Taking action to assuage skittish policy makers, on the other hand, is good politics but bad economics.
  另一方面，采取行动来安抚紧张的政策制定者，虽然从政治层面来看是个不错的做法，但从经济层面来看却是个烂招。
• 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。