chancy是什么意思？

chancy

英[ˈtʃɑ:nsi] 美[ˈtʃænsi]

• adj. 不确实的，不安的；

例句

• That was a chancy thing to do; you could have been badly injured. 那事做起来可真危险, 当时你很有可能会受重伤.
• If this method of progress seems chancy and wasteful, it has the merit of its faults. 如果这种进步的方法好像太碰机会,也太浪费了, 它的缺点也不无利益的功绩.
• Invest-ment is becoming a chancy business. 投资正变成一项风险事业。
• Investment is becoming a chancy business. 投资正变成一项风险事业。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  有风险的;不确定的
  Something that is chancy involves a lot of risk or uncertainty.
  例句
  Investment is becoming a chancy business. 投资正变成一项风险事业。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk;
  "an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker
  2. subject to accident or chance or change;
  "a chancy appeal at best""getting that job was definitely fluky""a fluky wind""an iffy proposition"