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单词 risk-averse
释义
risk-averse
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪsk.əˌvɜːs/us
/ˈrɪsk.əˌvɝːs/
unwillingto takerisksorwantingtoavoidrisksas much aspossible:
不愿意承担风险的，尽量避免冒险的
Hefeelsmodernattitudesto children'splayare toorestrictiveand risk-averse.他觉得当代对孩子玩耍的态度过于限制和逃避风险。
risk-averseinvestors不愿冒险的投资者
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
avoiding risk
  • carefulBe careful! I don't want you to fall!
  • cautiousShe's a very cautious driver.
  • play it safeI think I'll play it safe and take the earlier train.
  • risk-averseRisk-averse investors will want to stay away from the company's initial public offering.
  • charyI'm a bit chary of accidentally offending our hosts.
  • better safe than sorryIt's probably nothing more than a headache, but we'll order a round of tests - better safe than sorry.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cautious and vigilant
  • abundance
  • an abundance of cautionidiom
  • askance
  • attentive
  • attentively
  • conservative
  • conservatively
  • diligence
  • diligent
  • discreet
  • methodically
  • meticulous
  • meticulously
  • meticulousness
  • mindful
  • sedulous
  • sedulously
  • slowly
  • super-cautious
  • super-conservative
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(Definition ofrisk-aversefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

risk-averse| Business English

risk-averse
adjective
uk
us
notwantingto takerisks:
If women are risk-averse, why do theystartso many newbusinesses?
involvinglittlerisk:
This risk-averseapproachexplainswhy theyieldisrelativelymodest.
(Definition ofrisk-aversefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrisk-averse

risk-averse
Liquidity is important in our model becauserisk-averseindividuals have an incentive to smooth consumption over earnings and employment shocks.
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Fluctuating prices increase the equilibrium forest stock because, forrisk-averseforest owners, marginal utility of exploitation is lower when revenues are uncertain.
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Risk-aversedecision makers should be interested not only in expected values but also in the variances of outcome variables.
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Future interest rates and prices need not be known, andrisk-aversebehavior relative to those stochastic processes need not be excluded.
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This is likely to be true even forrisk-averselow-income farmers for whom subsistence crops are a major portfolio item.
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But how can one teach the management of risk when increasingly the framework of teaching itself is becomingriskaverse?
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Agents with positive r values areriskaverse; those with negative r values are risk loving.
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He is then said to beriskaverse.
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Agents maximize expected utility and areriskaverse.
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So evenriskaverseindividuals may decide to delay in the expectation of creating more wealth and enjoying a higher long-term income.
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