He never turned back. His departure seemed to be followed by a journey in a winding train that was taking him into the chancy future in the infinite twilight. 他一直没有回头,他仿佛坐上一串很长很长的列车,在茫茫夜色中开往朦胧的未来。
chancy chancier, chanciest
[ adj ]
of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
<adj.all> an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog
subject to accident or chance or change
<adj.all> a chancy appeal at best getting that job was definitely fluky a fluky wind an iffy proposition
When stock prices rise high enough investors figure the return from expensive stocks is too chancy compared with bonds.
But the boats usually arrive when it is "so dark you can't see your hand out there," Mr. Rivera says, and finding them is chancy.
Slowing down in times of managerial and cost cutbacks can be chancy, too.
There isn't anything chancy about this buddy-cop-adventure comedy, but it does what it does quite well.
For most applicants, getting permission to emigrate is as chancy as hitting the lottery.
This means both parties must embark on the long and chancy business of picking a leader and, in the process, define what they are all about.
But if deferring income until next year is a good idea, trying to postpone it until 1989 and beyond is chancy, particularly for executives who normally defer large amounts of salary.
"It isn't over 'til it's over," said the co-chairman of the Senate Steel Caucus. "Trade disputes are always very chancy." Several major newspapers have railed against extension of the VRAs, saying it's time for big steel to stand on its own.