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When you are leery of someone or something, you do not relax with them. You keep a little distance and watch, because you do not quite trust them yet.
When you are leery of someone or something當你leery of某人或某件事時,you do not relax with them你沒辦法放鬆地和他們相處。You keep a little distance and watch你會保持一點距離、觀察著,because you do not quite trust them yet因為你還不太信任他們。
It is not loud fear, and it is not a fight. It is the feeling of “I had better be careful here.” People are leery of a deal that sounds too good, a website that wants too much information, a stranger’s sudden kindness, or a promise from someone who has let them down before.
It is not loud fear它不是明顯的恐懼,and it is not a fight也不是一場爭執。It is the feeling of "I had better be careful here"它是那種「我在這裡最好小心點」的感覺。People are leery of a deal that sounds too good人們會leery of聽起來好到不像真的的交易、a website that wants too much information要求太多個資的網站、a stranger's sudden kindness陌生人突如其來的善意,or a promise from someone who has let them down before或曾經讓他們失望過的人所做的承諾。
The word is informal — fine in speech and in easy writing, a little too for a law paper. You can be leery of a person, leery of a thing, or leery of doing something.
The word is informal這個詞是非正式的——fine in speech and in easy writing用在口語和輕鬆的寫作沒問題,a little too chatty for a law paper但對法律文件來說有點太隨性。You can be leery of a person, leery of a thing, or leery of doing something你可以leery of一個人、leery of一件事,或leery of doing something。
Though actually, it sits very close to wary, and many speakers use the two in the same places; leery often has a slightly stronger smell of “this might be a trick.”
Though actually不過,it sits very close to wary它其實跟wary非常接近,and many speakers use the two in the same places很多人在同樣的場合會交替使用這兩個詞;leery often has a slightly stronger smell of "this might be a trick"leery通常多帶一點「這可能是個陷阱」的味道。
組成First written down in 1718, meaning untrustful and suspicious. It may come from leer (a look to the side) + -y, or from lear (an old word for learning or knowledge) + -y. Scholars are not sure which.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
leeryadj/ˈlɪəɹi/
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Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.
- Since he was bitten by a dog when he was young, he has always been leery of animals.
- “[…]He was one of their top gun-fighters—always up to his ears in the thick of any fightin' that was goin' on. He never was leery of anything on two feet, I'll say that much for'm.”
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obsoleteslangSly; artful; knowing.
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Leering; lecherous or unpleasant.
- And there was a particularly brutal villain with leery eyes, ugly mouth, with one tooth gone, and an iron jaw like a hull-dog's.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。