单词 | iffy |
释义 | if·fy /ˈɪfi/ adjective informal 1 UNCERTAIN British English not very good 不太好的 That meat smells a bit iffy to me. 那肉我觉得闻起来不大新鲜了。2 not certain to happen 不确定的 SYN doubtful The July date is still rather iffy. 七月份具体日期还不确定。Examples from the Corpusiffy• Your chances of finding a better job are iffy.• Some iffy assumptions color this approach to the goals of mainstreaming.• "What's happening about your new job?'' "The whole thing's rather iffy at the moment.''• I was hoping to go to the beach today but it's looking iffy because of the weather.• It is more a mode of address for a slightly iffy constitutional compromise that is drawing peacefully towards its close.• Policy decisions are always exercises in the iffy math of social tradeoffs.• Hatch started off demonizing a Clinton appointee who let four likely cocaine dealers free on an iffy technicality.• If the downside is iffy, the upside is certain.• It is a very iffy thing, this schooling.• He looked definitely iffy to me, but not the sort of bad lad who carries out hits.Origin iffy (1900-2000) ifif·fy adjectiveChineseSyllable good Corpus not very |
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