【chancy】 - SAT备考词汇

chancy

UK:  ['tʃɑːnsi]

US:  ['tʃænsi]

比较级：chancier  最高级：chanciest  

adj.

1.〔口语〕不确实的,危险的

2.〔苏格兰语〕幸运的〔常用于否定句〕

3.危险;不确定的

1 . "The entire structure of foreign aid must be overhauled" if rebuilding is to help, rather than hinder, Haiti's development, Mr Chancy said.
他表示如果重建欲推动，而不是阻碍海地的发展，“整个外国援助体系必须彻底检修”。

2 . This chancy policy might have left Gadhafi wounded, dangerous and in power. But it didn't.
这项冒险政策可能会让卡扎菲伤痕累累、陷入困境、执掌大权，但事实并非如此。

3 . Bain's investment in 2009 was an unusually chancy move, given the uncertainty surrounding Mr. Huang.
考虑到黄光裕所面临的不确定性，贝恩2009年宣布投资是一个不同寻常的冒险举动。

4 . Still , this form of indirect communication and tacit restraint was slow and chancy .
不过，这种间接信息和暗自抑制的方式，毕竟还是太慢，而且也不太确实。

5 . From now on, politics would be less chancy, less subject to shifts of fortune, and human life would be better.
今后，政治将更少不确定性，更少受命运变幻的支配，并且人类生活将更美好。