LEERY的意思|LEERY的解释-里氏词典

leery ['liәri]

a. 机敏的, 猜疑的, 狡猾的

leery
leerier, leeriest

[ adj ]
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
<adj.all>

Yet the arms treaties haven't been ratified by the U.S. Senate, which now will be leery of sanctifying them.
But he says that, while he worries about range fires and drunken crowds getting in the way of emergency vehicles, he is most leery of the drovers' plan to start the drive by running more than 100 longhorn cattle down Roundup's five-block main drag.
"I would be very leery of anything that says if you drink more, you get more."
But they are leery of American political interest because they understand clearly what few Americans or Britons will say openly: Through conflicting interests, Britain is undermining the American stake in Hong Kong.
The efficiency of combined-cycle plants has made them attractive to utilities that are leery of building large new plants and that need extra capacity to meet demand for power during peak periods.
But because sales volume is small, Honda is leery of spending large sums on advertising; it will rely instead on satisfied Cherokee owners to spread the word.
The hope is that KKR would be leery of trying to run a company whose top executives had resigned or that the special committee might be reluctant to recommend a sale to KKR under those circumstances.
Moreover, in the case of AIDS and other terminal diseases, regulators are leery of consumers learning of a positive result without getting medical counseling.
Those who would apply a double standard to Terence, presumably because he is from a Third World country the U.S. is leery of offending, have a poor grasp of American priorities and values.
"If the pros are getting hurt, individuals should be leery of getting into real estate on a part-time basis now," says Harry D. Hartnett, director of research at Kenneth Leventhal & Co., an accounting firm that specializes in real estate.
However, heating oil traders are leery because heating oil stocks in the U.S. are at the high end of their usual range at this time of year.
Too Noisy I'm not a fundamentalist, But I'll admit I'm leery Of an idea as explosive As the big-bang theory.
Be leery and wary of the press, but defend it.
Some analysts are leery about bonds this week, mainly because of nervousness about the government's trade report to be released Thursday.
They've always been leery of outsiders," said Warren, whose village of 4,300 has lost at least 23 lives and scores of homes and businesses from a flash flood June 14. Ten people are missing.
"I think everyone's a little more leery," says Jack Baker, head of equity trading at Shearon Lehman Hutton Inc.
Even some bigger companies caution that they are leery of paying too big a premium.
Paul Wenz, a Phoenix, Ariz., attorney, says a promise of unrealistic returns would have made him leery.
Beyond the budget impact, Congress has been leery of forgiving debts because doing so might open the floodgates for other countries, and domestic lobbies such as farmers, to demand similar relief.
With Bush's "no new taxes" campaign pledge, Democrats are leery of being depicted as the party that favors higher taxes.
Mrs. Hicks said she initially was leery of the program and "checked it out" thoroughly before volunteering to help last May.
"He's very, very gun-shy about tax hikes and rather leery about tax reductions," said Richard Manley, executive director of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
Analysts said the Commerce Department survey shows that businesses remain leery of a softening economy and worried about falling profits.
The Federal Trade Commission warned consumers Wednesday to be leery of energy saving schemes, saying the public can be duped by get-rich proposals and devices claiming to save gasoline.
"But if you ask me am I willing to take a big position, the answer is no." Frederick W. Zuckerman, vice president and treasurer of Chrysler Corp., also is leery of long-term bonds.
Sponsors were leery of his passion for public issues, progressive causes and free verse. His programs usually aired in sacrificial time slots opposite Bob Hope or Jack Benny.
Many savings and loan executives are leery of Ryan because at his confirmation hearing last week he said he was unsure if the S&L industry should survive.
Several leading Japanese securities dealers here say Japanese institutions are increasingly leery of U.S. bonds.
His views spurred some criticism from senators, such as Alfonse D'Amato (R., N.Y.), who are leery of more deregulation after the S&L mess.
One reason several bond traders are leery of bonds is the Treasury's quarterly financing operation, expected early in November.

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