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leeriness

/leer-ee/US // ˈlɪər i //UK // (ˈlɪərɪ) //

色厉内荏,色情,好色,淫秽性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    leer·i·er, leer·i·est.

    • : wary; suspicious: I'm leery of his financial advice.
    • : Archaic. knowing; alert.

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Examples

  • Diosady notes that even his own wife “is very leery of anything I bring from the lab.”

  • If city officials were leery of cutting police personnel to close the existing $124 million gap, or even part of it, they may turn to the almost $72 million the city spends from its general fund on the non-personnel side of the police budget.

  • It should be leery of sticking to a script when the opponent is so viciously adaptable.

  • However, Zenith also predicts a bounce back in 2021 and 2022 as consumers — many likely to still be leery of public transportation — take action on delayed purchase decisions.

  • Some investors are still leery of ad tech, having been burned in the past.

  • Like Sheehy, Felker had also been previously married and they were both leery of commitment.

  • The medical staff were at first leery of treating her for fear of Ebola.

  • Trierweiler leaves the Elysée Palace having never cemented her place there with a leery French public.

  • The business has ground to a standstill as hair suppliers in other parts of Ukraine are leery of coming to the capital.

  • And Obama, as the first black president, seemed leery of tackling an issue with such clear racial overtones.

  • Hes already kinda leery about you and But thats your funeral.

  • I no longer see in the corner of the quartermaster's eye the leery droop that greeted me at the start.

  • A piece down the road, say a mile an' a half, I'm told there's a rotten bit o' road, an' I'm a little leery of trouble there.

  • The "Friend" will give you a lot of advertising to place for them, for they are always "leery" of competition.

  • He was tugging villainously at a wicked mustache, and his eyes were thrillingly leery.