"untrusting, suspicious, alert," 1718, originally slang, with -y (2), and perhaps from dialectal lere "learning, knowledge" (see lore), or from leer (v.) in some now-obscure sense. OED suggests connection with archaic leer (adj.) "empty, useless," a general Germanic word (cognate with German leer, Dutch laar), of unknown origin.
雙語例句
1. The government is leery of changing the current law.
政府對是否修改現行法律存有疑慮。
來自《權威詞典》
2. They were leery about investing in a company controlled by a single individual.
把資金投向一個由一人獨自操控的公司，他們不大放心。
來自柯林斯例句
3. I would be leery of committing my company to employ hundreds of Indian workers, sight and skill unseen.
在對幾千名印度工人的技術情況事先還不了解時,我是不會隨便讓我的公司雇用他們的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Executives say they are leery of the proposed system.
行政人員們說他們對擬建中的系統心懷顧慮。
來自辭典例句
5. I tend to be a bit leery of cut - price ` bargains '.