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dicey

/dahy-see/US // ˈdaɪ si //UK // (ˈdaɪsɪ) //

狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,诡异的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    dic·i·er, dic·i·est.Informal.

    • : unpredictable; risky; uncertain.

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Examples

  • Just a few years ago, the economics of home solar—setting aside the climate benefits—were still dicey in the US.

  • If even that is dicey, then say you’re recording everyone’s recollections, age notwithstanding.

  • It was dicier than it probably needed to be — Ohio State led 35-7 early in the second half -— but Ryan Day’s team earned the result it needed.

  • Every SaaS and cloud company crushed Q3, but Q4 is looking a bit more dicey.

  • Good edge engagement is critical to skiing fast, navigating dicey conditions, and maintaining control.

  • Thus the administration is hit from all sides—at a moment in which it is trying to pursue its dicey diplomatic agenda.

  • I ask about school performance and behavioral concerns, which can sometimes be dicey.

  • If the U.S. loses to Germany and one of Portugal or Ghana get a win, however, things get dicey.

  • Taking more than a day and several iterations of a story to acknowledge it is where things get dicey.

  • There was the time Harold helped the boys, fixing that dicey scene with Walter Winchell.

  • Mr Dicey looked very grave and wise for a few seconds without answering.

  • The appearance of the sledge immediately after, with a shout and a cheer from Dicey and the men, explained the mystery.

  • On the contrary, they gave him a donation party next week, at which Sister Dicey helped him to receive his guests.

  • He gets much help from 'a chapter on semi-sovereign assemblies in Dicey's Law of the Constitution (p. 280).

  • If the proper names, Jim Orpus and Dicey, had not been given, we might not feel absolutely certain that the story was borrowed.