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词汇 slippery
释义

slippery

adjective
/ˈslɪpəri/
/ˈslɪpəri/
Idioms
  1. (also informal slippy)
    difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because it is smooth, wet or polished滑的;滑得抓不住(或站不稳、难以行走)的
    • slippery like a fish滑得像条鱼似的
    • In places the path can be wet and slippery.这条小径有些路段又湿又滑。
    • His hand was slippery with sweat.他的手汗津津的。
    • The concrete gets slippery when it's wet.混凝土地面湿的时候会很滑。
    • The oil made the ground slippery and treacherous to walk on.油使地面打滑,走在上面很危险。
    • Watch out—the floor's a bit slippery.小心,地板有点儿滑。
    • rocks that were slippery with seaweed布满海草而发滑的岩石
    Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • with
    phrases
    • slippery when wet
    • wet and slippery
  2. (informal) (of a person) that you cannot trust油滑的;滑头滑脑的;靠不住的
    • Don't believe what he says—he's a slippery customer (= person).你可别信他说的话,他是个滑头的家伙。
  3. (informal) (of a situation, subject, problem, etc.情况、课题、问题等) difficult to deal with and that you have to think about carefully难以应对的;棘手的
    • Freedom is a slippery concept (= because its meaning changes according to your point of view).自由是一个难以明确的概念。
    • International law is notoriously slippery.人所共知,国际法相当棘手。
    Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • with
    phrases
    • slippery when wet
    • wet and slippery
  4. 词源late 15th cent.: from dialect slipper ‘slippery’, probably suggested by Luther's schlipfferig.
Idioms
the/a slippery slope
  1. a course of action that is difficult to stop once it has begun, and can lead to serious problems or disaster使人滑向深渊的斜坡;危险的境地
    • She realized he was on the slippery slope towards a life of crime.她意识到他正滑向犯罪的深渊。
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