| 单词 | iffy |
| 释义 | iffy, a. orig. U.S.|ˈɪfɪ|
[f. if conj. + -f- + -y1.]
Of a question, proposal, prospect, etc.: full of ‘ifs’, contingent, doubtful.
1937World this Week 9 May, Very ‘iffy’, Mr. Roosevelt might characterize such talk. 1941Chicago Daily News 17 Jan., The President had been asked the status of some proposal, or of some event..whether this event was likely to happen... The president replied that the whole thing was ‘iffy’. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 37 Iffey, uncertain, unsound, ‘chancey’. 1941Time 14 July 15/3 His chances of pulling out a plum were rather iffy. 1963Weekly News (Auckland) 5 June 39/1 This gamble..is far too ‘iffy’ to be classed as a prudent business procedure. 1963Times 12 June 12/7, I have no comment to make on it. As Mr. Roosevelt said, this would be giving hypothetical answers to ‘if-y’ questions. 1971E. Fenwick Impeccable People xiii. 72 We knew this was rather an iffy tenant, morally speaking, before we rented. Ibid. 73 Now..she looks a little iffier. 1973Listener 20 Sept. 364/2 If the Police do their job, if the new law is effectively enforced, these are very ‘iffy’ points indeed. |
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