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单词 shaky
释义
shaky
adjective
uk
/ˈʃeɪ.ki/us
/ˈʃeɪ.ki/

shakyadjective(MOVEMENT)

movingwithquick,shortmovementsfromsidetoside, not in acontrolledway:
摇晃的，发抖的，颤抖的
Soon after it wasborn, thecalfgot up andtriedtostandonitsshakylegs.小牛出生不久，就起身摇摇晃晃地想站住了。
Thechildwrotehernameinlargeshakyletters.那个孩子用歪歪扭扭的大字写下了她自己的名字。
She'srecoveringwell from heroperation, but she's still a little shakyonherfeet.手术后她恢复得很好，但走路时仍有些不稳。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making short, sudden movements
  • aquiver
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • convulsive
  • cringe
  • flick
  • jerkily
  • jerkiness
  • jerky
  • jig
  • jiggle
  • quake
  • quiver
  • recoil
  • shudder
  • squirm
  • toss
  • tremulous
  • whip
  • worry atsomething
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shakyadjective(UPSET)

upset:
心烦的，苦恼的
Thenewsleftmefeelinga little shaky.这条消息使我有些心烦。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feeling sad and unhappy
  • a dog's lifeidiom
  • a long faceidiom
  • angsty
  • be cut upidiom
  • be down in the mouthidiom
  • be in a funkidiom
  • be in bitsidiom
  • distraught
  • distressed
  • dog
  • doleful
  • lovelorn
  • lovesick
  • low-spirited
  • lugubrious
  • wistfully
  • woe
  • woe is meidiom
  • woebegone
  • woeful
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shakyadjective(WEAK)

notfirmorstrong:
不稳定的；不坚固的；不结实的
The building'sfoundationsarerathershaky, and it couldcollapseat anytime.这座建筑的地基很不稳固，随时可能会倒塌。
We are taking thesestepstotrytoimprovethe country's shakyeconomy.我们正在采取这些措施，试图改善国家经济不稳定的局面。
Theirmarriagelooksprettyshaky to me.在我看来，他们的婚姻关系岌岌可危。
Ithinkyou're on very shakygroundwith thatargument.我觉得你那个论点相当站不住脚。
Synonyms
unsound(WEAK)
unstable
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Weakness and vulnerability
  • Achilles heel
  • at a low ebbidiom
  • be (only) flesh and bloodidiom
  • besomeone'spoodleidiom
  • brittle
  • helplessly
  • helplessness
  • house of cardsidiom
  • human
  • impotence
  • soft target
  • submissive
  • submissively
  • submissiveness
  • suggestible
  • watery
  • wetness
  • wimpy
  • wonky
  • wuss
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Unsafe and insecure

Related words

shakily
shakiness
(Definition ofshakyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shaky| American Dictionary

shaky
adjective
us
/ˈʃeɪ·ki/

shakyadjective(UPSET)

feelingupset:
This was my fourthtimein aplane, but I stillfeltshaky.

shakyadjective(WEAK)

notfirmorstrong:
It was a shakymarriagefrom thestart.
The building’sfoundationsareprettyshaky.
Shaky alsomeansuncertain:
Theagreementis still shaky and hasn’t beenapprovedyet.
Someone whoseperformanceis shaky is notperformingwell:
After a shakystart, theteamstartedmovingtheballandcommunicating.

shakyadjective(MOVING)

movingwithquick,shortmovementsfromsidetoside, not in acontrolledway:
Hishandswere shaky.
Shespokein a shakyvoice(= avoicethatchangedfrequentlybecause ofemotion).
(Definition ofshakyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

shaky| Business English

shaky
adjective
uk
/ˈʃeɪki/us
not in goodconditionorlikelytofail:
Thegovernmentis taking thesestepstotrytoimprovethe country's shakyeconomy.
Too manymortgageswere given topeoplewith shakycredithistories.
Several of thebiglifeinsurancecompaniesarelookingshaky.
on shaky ground
in asituationin which there is astrongpossibilitythat something mightstopworking, bedefeated, etc.:
The state'sfinancesare still on shakyground.
Ithinkyou're on very shakygroundwith thatargument.
(Definition ofshakyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshaky

shaky
One of the main pillars of the capitalist developmental state would, therefore, seem to rest onshakyempirical grounds.
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By contrast, the shakiest and/or least influential troops were often placed on the left wing.
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The first has a rathershakypremise and is somewhat over-determined.
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The last section discusses the recent fragmentation of theseshakyalliances.
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One can, of course, wonder about the usefulness of the charts and diagrams except to give credence to arguments based on rathershakyempirical ground.
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Malicious damage to receiver firmware puts providers on even shakier legal ground in the unlikely event that the matter were ever to be heard by the judiciary.
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Even the evidence offered by the author that dreams produce improvements in performance isshakyenough: it seems to be based solely on an analogy with motor imaging experiments.
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The accounts discussed earlier share a common feature: they dismiss crime outright as a potential explanation, but the grounds on which they refute crime areshaky.
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Both the possibility of forgery and theshakyground upon which this bank, like many, found itself speak to the extent of widespread economic vulnerability in the period.
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The altered body becomes an unknown terrain that must be relearned ; it becomesshakyground on which a new order - if there is to be order - must be built.
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Both countries passed throughshakyperiods of transition from military to democratic rule and both are presidentialist systems, where newly-elected presidents ushered in an era of economic liberalisation and stabilisation.
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To his disappointment, however, they handed out merely a set of definitions based on the old,shaky, thin philosophical languages that were not adhered to in practice.
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In fact, the information is oftenshaky.
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Elvis could certainly tease the audience at live shows once he became famous, but the movements that caused so much controversy in the 1950s were alwaysshakyand ambiguous.
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Alreadyshakyministerial chairs now wobble precariously.
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