slippery
US
UK slippery adj: (can cause sliding)
SC 滑的 huá de
SC 导致打滑的 huá de ，dǎo zhì dǎ huá de
Be careful; the floor has just been washed and it's still slippery.
小心点，地板刚刚清洗过，还很滑。
slippery adj: figurative (person: evasive) (人)
SC 滑溜的，油滑的 huá liū de ，yóu huá de
Vince is a slippery character; you can never be sure if he's telling you the truth.
文斯处事十分油滑，你从来无法确定他说的是不是实话。
slippery adj: (smooth to the touch)
SC 摸起来光滑的
SC 滑溜的 huá liū de
The pebble felt cool and slippery to Anton's touch.
slippery adj: (uncertain, unstable)
SC 不稳定的 bù wěn dìng de
TC 不穩定的
TC 不穩定的
SC 不可靠的 bù wěn dìng de ，bù kě kào de
The news that there would be job cuts at her workplace left Joanne in a slippery position.
slippery as an eel, as slippery as an eel expr: (very physically slippery)
SC 滑溜
slippery as an eel, as slippery as an eel expr: (evasive, hard to understand, elusive)
SC 非常狡猾
SC 非常滑头
SC 油头滑脑
slippery slope n: figurative, informal ([sth] that will inevitably end badly) (比喻，非正式用语)
SC 导致不可避免的失败之行为 dǎo zhì bù kě bì miǎn de shī bài zhī xíng wéi
- noncompetitive
- non-compliance
- noncompliance
- non-complying
- nonconducting
- nonconductor
- nonconforming
- nonconformism
- nonconformist
- nonconformity
- nonconsecutive
- non-contributory
- noncontributory
- non-controversial
- noncontroversial
- noncooperation
- non-corrosive
- non-crystalline
- non-cumulative
- non-custodial
- noncustodial
- non-dairy
- nondairy
- nondeductible
- nondelivery