skittish
adj. 易激動的,輕佻的
If you describe a person or animal as skittish, you mean they are easily made frightened or excited.
The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.
美元的衰落給總是擔驚受怕的投資者們帶來了信心。
Someone who is skittish does not concentrate on anything or take life very seriously.
...his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.
他那永遠變化不定的幽默感
1. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Skittish investors are keen buyers of Germany government paper, too, driving bond yields down.
憂心忡忡的投資者熱衷於購買德國政府債券, 也驅使債券收益率下降.
My fellow legislators were skittish about appearing in any way be soft on crime.
我的議員同事們並不想以任何方式顯露出對犯罪的手軟.
Skittish investors are keen buyers of Germany's government paper, too, driving bond yields down.
躁動不安的投資者對德國公債的的狂熱也促使了公債收益率的下滑.
She is as skittish as a kitten playing with a piece of string.
她很活潑,就像一隻擺弄繩子的小貓.
With consumers so skittish, service industries are not faring well either.
鑑於消費者如此易受波動, 服務業進展得亦不如人意.