leery

leery

形容词

1. 持怀疑态度的；警惕的

leery (of somebody/something): 对某人/某事持怀疑态度；对某人/某事警惕

词语辨析

leery与suspicious（怀疑的）的区别在于，leery强调对某人/某事持怀疑态度，而suspicious指对某人的动机、行为或情况有怀疑。

词汇扩充

leerily（副词）

leeriness（名词）

近义词

distrustful, suspicious, wary

反义词

trustful, naive, unsuspecting

名词

1. 怀疑；警惕

柯林斯词典

形容词： If someone is leery of something, they are cautious and suspicious about it and try to avoid it.
名词： If you are leery of something, you are cautious and suspicious about it.

牛津词典

形容词： cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions.

用法

常见搭配：leery of/about somebody/something

例句

1. I'm a little leery of his intentions. (我对他的意图有些怀疑。)
2. He was leery about signing the contract without reading it carefully. (他对不仔细阅读合同就签字持谨慎态度。)
3. She's always been leery of strangers. (她一直对陌生人持怀疑态度。)
4. The department store is leery of shoplifters. (百货公司对扒手持警惕态度。)
5. The investors are leery about the company's financial stability. (投资者对公司的财务稳定性持怀疑态度。)
6. We should be leery of making hasty decisions. (我们应警惕做出仓促决定。)
7. He gave the stranger a leery look. (他警惕地看了陌生人一眼。)
8. The detective cast a leery eye on the suspect. (侦探对嫌疑犯多疑地看了一眼。)
9. She regarded him with a leery suspicion. (她带着怀疑的眼光看着他。)
10. His leery behavior made everyone uncomfortable. (他的可疑举止让每个人感到不安。)
11. The leery atmosphere at the meeting was palpable. (会议上的怀疑气氛是明显的。)
12. They were leery about investing in the volatile market. (他们对投资这个波动性市场持谨慎态度。)
13. The leery customer left the store without buying anything. (这个猜疑的顾客没有买任何东西就离开了店。)
14. She gave her leery friend a cautious smile. (她对这个怀疑的朋友露出谨慎的微笑。)
15. He watched her leery movements from the corner of his eye. (他从眼角瞥见她可疑的动作。)
16. The politician's leery response to the question raised even more doubts. (政治家对问题的可疑回答更加引发了质疑。)
17. He listened to the leery comments without responding. (他听着那些猜疑的评论而没有回应。)
18. The leery expression on her face revealed her distrust. (她脸上的猜疑表情显示出她的不信任。)
19. Her leery attitude towards authority figures stems from a past experience. (她对权威人物持怀疑态度源自一次过往经历。)
20. He was leery of falling into the same trap again. (他对再次陷入同样的陷阱持警惕态度。)