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单词 slippery
释义
slippery
adjective
uk
/ˈslɪp.ər.i/us
/ˈslɪp.ɚ.i/
C1
If something is slippery, it iswetorsmoothso that itslideseasilyorcausessomething toslide:
湿滑的，容易打滑的
slipperysoap湿滑的肥皂
a slipperyfloor湿滑的地板
Theroadwaswetand slippery.道路又湿又滑。
informaldisapproving
Someone who is slippery cannot betrusted:
狡猾的，滑头的
He'sasslipperyas aneel- you can never get astraightanswerout of him.他非常滑头——你永远无法从他嘴里得到直率的回答。
He's a slipperycustomer(=person), and I've neverfeltcomfortablewith him.他是个狡猾的家伙，和他在一起我总是感到不舒服。
(of a word, anidea, etc.)difficulttodefine(= to say whatitsmeaningis)or tounderstandcompletely:
Realism inartis anotoriouslyslipperytermtodefine.
Thelawyersarguedthat the word "intended" is adecidedlyslippery one.
Theyagreedthatfinanceis aparticularlyslipperydomain.
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(Definition ofslipperyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
slippery
adjective
uk
/ˈslɪp.ər.i/us
/ˈslɪp.ɚ.i/
C1
If something is slippery, it iswetorsmoothso that itslideseasilyorcausessomething toslide.
湿滑的，容易打滑的
slipperysoap湿滑的肥皂
a slipperyfloor湿滑的地板
Theroadwaswetand slippery.道路又湿又滑。
informaldisapproving
Someone who is slippery cannot betrusted.
狡猾的，滑头的
He'sasslipperyas aneel- you can never get astraightanswerout of him.他非常滑头——你永远无法从他嘴里得到直率的回答。
He's a slipperycustomer(=person), and I've neverfeltcomfortablewith him.他是个狡猾的家伙，和他在一起我总是感到不舒服。

slippery| American Dictionary

slippery
adjective
us
/ˈslɪp·ə·ri/
slidingeasilyorcausingsomething toslidebecause of beingwet,smooth, oroily:
Thesidewalkswere slippery withice.
Slippery alsomeansnotcertain:
Choosing theperfectjurorcan be a slipperymatter.
infmlApersonwho is slippery is someone youfeelyou cannottrust:
He is a slipperyfellow,fullofschemes.
(Definition ofslipperyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslippery

slippery
Fitness costs of induced resistance : emerging experimental support for aslipperyconcept.
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The primordial earth, with itsslippery, muddy, sticky character, has become the symbol of copulation and regeneration of life.
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Needless to add that ' 'comparable' ', ' 'in the neighborhood of ' ', ' 'about' ', and ' 'approximately' ' are veryslipperyexpressions.
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Noslipperysignifiers here, only language as the vital creation of shared meaning.
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In part, this is because, in the brain and behavioral sciences at least, information is such aslipperynotion.
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Central coherence is aslipperynotion to define.
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Within ottocento opera the issue often at stake is theslipperyone of differing descriptions of the same phenomenon.
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Such a huge range of topics inevitably affects the focus of the book, particularly as the categories of ' modernity ' and ' postmodernity ' are themselves soslippery.
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A patch of sidewalk briefly turnsslipperyeven though it is dry and clean - causing the man running away with a stolen briefcase to slip.
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The many meanings of identity make the concept aslipperyone to employ.
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Does it pertain to the object or the subject, or to someslipperyrealm in-between?
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There areslipperyterms employed here - intellectuals, the thinking classes, the upper middle classes, elites, meritocracy.
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I agree that these areslipperynotions and a standard of comparison would be extremely useful here.
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However, this paper has tried to show that quality is a particularlyslipperyword capable of escaping precise interpretation in context.
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His expanded concept of dialectic - asslipperya notion as myth itself - can be at times difficult to follow.
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