• adj. 搖晃的；不可靠的；不堅定的

來自 shake,搖動，搖晃，-y,形容詞后綴。

shaky (adj.)

1840, of handwriting; 1841 of persons, horses, and credit; 1850 of structures; from shake (v.) + -y (2). General sense of "uncertain, of questionable integrity" is from 1834. Earliest of trees or logs, "split, having fissures" (1808). Related: Shakily; shakiness.

1. Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject.

感到自己的觀點站不住腳，瑪麗于是換了個話題。

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2. The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery.

勞工部的數據進一步印證了經濟復蘇狀況的不穩定。

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3. His speech was difficult to understand, his signature shaky and unrecognizable.

他的演說很難聽懂，他的簽名顫顫巍巍地無法識別。

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4. I'm afraid that this school year is off to a shaky start.

恐怕這學年一開學就不順。

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5. The Prime Minister's political position is becoming increasingly shaky.

首相的政治地位正搖搖欲墜。

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