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单词 dicey
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Definition of dicey in English:

dicey

adjectivediciest, dicier ˈdʌɪsiˈdaɪsi
informal
  • Unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

    〈非正式〉莫测的,有潜在危险的

    democracy is a dicey business

    民主是一种具有无法预测的风险事业。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Keeping your personal relationship on even keel during this emotionally dicey period could prove difficult.
    • I think it's going to be a very dicey situation for the foreseeable future.
    • This has fixed the chain-jumping problem, though the gears are still a bit dicey.
    • Besides the use of these drugs renders one more vulnerable to tuberculosis; and that is a very dicey situation in a country like ours.
    • And also this Kabul situation, when they get near there, is going to be also very dicey.
    • Being so close to the Pacific means that the weather can be dicey: perishing cold, low cloud and sudden thaws on the lower slopes.
    • Lots of people write to ask about detecting the subtle signs of a potentially dicey relationship.
    • As the BBC wrote a few days ago, a Mars landing is a pretty dicey affair.
    • It is always a little dicey to throw around the word propaganda.
    • They negotiate the dicey line between mimicry and mockery partly by dint of fascination with details.
    • Having to saddle up a mud-encrusted bike and ride hell-bent in inky blindness is a dicey proposition.
    • Talking politics is dicey business, particularly with somebody you don't know.
    • Here lately, things have maybe gotten a little bit more dicey, I guess.
    • Asian Internet companies proved especially dicey for many reasons.
    • When the Princeton graduate, who majored in electrical engineering and computer science, decided to make the leap on to the internet he knew it would be dicey.
    • The transport system still seems dicey, and armed insurgents rule the roads.
    • Here's the lowdown on what you're missing - and just how dicey things really are.
    • Here are a few more questions Goldman suggests homebuyers ask themselves before deciding on a dicey neighborhood.
    • I figured she wouldn't be able to write the article at all - it'd be dicey.
    • Regarding what went down at Fed Square, all I can say is that the people in question didn't get the help they needed and things got a little dicey.
    Synonyms
    risky, uncertain, unpredictable, touch-and-go, precarious, unsafe, dangerous, perilous, high-risk, hazardous, fraught with danger
    tricky, ticklish, delicate, difficult, awkward, thorny, problematical, problematic
    Scottish unchancy
    informal chancy, hairy, sticky, iffy
    British informal dodgy
    North American informal gnarly
    archaic or humorous parlous

Rhymes

icy, pricey, spicy, vice

Definition of dicey in US English:

dicey

adjectiveˈdaɪsiˈdīsē
informal
  • Unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

    〈非正式〉莫测的,有潜在危险的

    the lot of a wanderer is always dicey
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I figured she wouldn't be able to write the article at all - it'd be dicey.
    • Here's the lowdown on what you're missing - and just how dicey things really are.
    • And also this Kabul situation, when they get near there, is going to be also very dicey.
    • Asian Internet companies proved especially dicey for many reasons.
    • Here are a few more questions Goldman suggests homebuyers ask themselves before deciding on a dicey neighborhood.
    • Being so close to the Pacific means that the weather can be dicey: perishing cold, low cloud and sudden thaws on the lower slopes.
    • Regarding what went down at Fed Square, all I can say is that the people in question didn't get the help they needed and things got a little dicey.
    • Talking politics is dicey business, particularly with somebody you don't know.
    • Here lately, things have maybe gotten a little bit more dicey, I guess.
    • They negotiate the dicey line between mimicry and mockery partly by dint of fascination with details.
    • Keeping your personal relationship on even keel during this emotionally dicey period could prove difficult.
    • I think it's going to be a very dicey situation for the foreseeable future.
    • Besides the use of these drugs renders one more vulnerable to tuberculosis; and that is a very dicey situation in a country like ours.
    • When the Princeton graduate, who majored in electrical engineering and computer science, decided to make the leap on to the internet he knew it would be dicey.
    • It is always a little dicey to throw around the word propaganda.
    • The transport system still seems dicey, and armed insurgents rule the roads.
    • This has fixed the chain-jumping problem, though the gears are still a bit dicey.
    • Having to saddle up a mud-encrusted bike and ride hell-bent in inky blindness is a dicey proposition.
    • Lots of people write to ask about detecting the subtle signs of a potentially dicey relationship.
    • As the BBC wrote a few days ago, a Mars landing is a pretty dicey affair.
    Synonyms
    risky, uncertain, unpredictable, touch-and-go, precarious, unsafe, dangerous, perilous, high-risk, hazardous, fraught with danger
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