"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(xiàn)行法律存有疑慮。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. They were leery about investing in a company controlled by a single individual.
把資金投向一個(gè)由一人獨(dú)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.