dicey
/ˈdaɪsi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdaɪsi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdī-sē/ (ame, mw)
dicey — 形容詞
- diceypositive
- diciercomparative
- diciestsuperlative
1. describes a situation where things might go wrong and you cannot be sure how the
沒把握；冒險
有風險且結果難預測的
describes a situation where things might go wrong and you cannot be sure how they will end — for example, a tricky drive home in heavy snow, or a business plan that could either succeed big or lose all your savings.
Driving home through the heavy snow last night was a bit dicey near the bridge.
昨晚在橋附近那段路冒著大雪開車回家，有點危險。
predicative: be + dicey to describe a situation
Ignacio called the loan a dicey way to start his small bakery.
Ignacio 說靠貸款開這家小麵包店是冒險的做法。
attributive: dicey + noun (often a plan or method)
The old wooden bridge looked dicey, so the hikers crossed one at a time.
那座老舊的木橋看起來不太穩當，所以山友們一個一個輪流過橋。
Saira told her boss that flying in the storm would be too dicey for the small plane.
Saira 跟主管說這種風暴天氣讓小飛機起飛太危險。
Buying shares in a brand-new company can be dicey for someone with no savings.
對一個沒什麼存款的人來說，買全新公司的股票是沒把握的事。
- risky
neutral register; works in formal writing where 'dicey' would feel too colloquial
- iffy
also informal; emphasises uncertainty more than danger
- precarious
more formal; stresses unstable balance or imminent failure
- chancy
near-synonym, slightly old-fashioned in everyday speech
用法筆記
Predominantly British/Australian informal; the American equivalent is usually 'risky' or 'iffy'. Often appears predicatively after 'be', 'look', 'sound', or 'feel', and frequently modifies abstract nouns like 'situation', 'proposition', 'moment', or 'business'.