dodgy
adjective
UKinformaluk/ˈdɒdʒ.i/us/ˈdɑː.dʒi/dodgyadjective(NOT HONEST)
dishonest:
不诚实的，不怀好意的a dodgydeal不诚实的交易
They gotinvolvedwith a dodgybusinessmanandlostalltheirsavings.他们遇到了一个奸商，结果把所有积蓄都赔进去了。
Dishonest
- artificiality
- bad faith
- be rotten to the coreidiom
- bent
- cowboy
- down-and-dirty
- dubious
- dubiously
- false
- finagle
- jackleg
- knavery
- louche
- low-down
- malfeasance
- squirrelly
- sugar-coated
- under false pretencesphrase
- underhand
- unreliable
dodgyadjective(NOT RELIABLE)
likelytofailorcauseproblems:
不可靠的；有风险的Theweathermight be abitdodgy at thistimeofyear.每年的这个时候天气都可能有些变化无常。
I can't come in toworktoday - I've got abitof a dodgystomach.我今天不能来上班了——我的肚子有些不舒服。
It was a dodgysituation.当时局面并不稳定。
likelytobreakorcausepain:
可能要断的；可能会痛苦的Careful - that chair's abitdodgy.小心——那把椅子有些不稳。
Ever since theaccidentI've had this dodgyleg.自从那次事故以后，我的腿就总是作痛。
Dangers and threats
- balefully
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- hang oversomething
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- hazmat suit
- on/under pain of deathidiom
- or elseidiom
- parlous
- peril
- perilous
- someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
- threateningly
- tombstoning
- triple threat
- ultra-hazardous
- venturesome
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