iffy
音标：
英音/ ˈɪfi / 美音/ ˈɪfi /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
The censure of a president was an iffy move in the first place, with no constitutional foundation and raising significant separation of powers questions.
首先，对总统的谴责是一个不确定的举动，没有宪法基础，并引发了重大的权力分立问题。
—Washington Times
The Times, in its own research, has found ChatGPT to be pretty iffy on matters of law.
《泰晤士报》在自己的研究中发现 ChatGPT 在法律问题上相当可疑。
—Washington Times
There’s no violence, suspense, scariness or any other iffy content, which makes the fun appropriate for even the youngest viewers.
没有暴力、悬疑、恐怖或任何其他可疑的内容，这使得即使是最年轻的观众也能享受其中的乐趣。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
adjective
subject to accident or chance or change
未确定的；富于偶然性的；可疑的
同义词：
chancy,flukey,fluky
短释义：
Use the adjective iffy to describe things that might change, or are doubtful. If you break your ankle in June, the chances that you’ll be able to run a marathon in August are iffy. You could also say that it’s iffy your unreliable cousin will show up at your birthday party on time. Iffy has been around since the 1930’s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt invented it, taking the word if, turning it into an adjective, and using it often.
当某件事不确定时，它就是不确定的。如果天气不好，您可能需要重新安排野餐时间。
长释义：
Use the adjective iffy to describe things that might change, or are doubtful. If you break your ankle in June, the chances that you’ll be able to run a marathon in August are iffy. You could also say that it’s iffy your unreliable cousin will show up at your birthday party on time. Iffy has been around since the 1930’s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt invented it, taking the word if, turning it into an adjective, and using it often.
使用形容词“iffy”来描述可能会改变或有疑问的事情。如果您在六月份扭伤了脚踝，那么您在八月份参加马拉松比赛的机会就很渺茫。你也可以说，你不可靠的表弟很难准时出现在你的生日聚会上。 Iffy 自从 1930 年代富兰克林·罗斯福总统发明它以来就已经存在了，他将 if 这个词变成了形容词，并经常使用。
文学例句：
When we’re in this iffy mood—the subjunctive mood, if you want to be technical—was becomes were.
当我们处于这种不确定的情绪中时——虚拟语气，如果你想要技术性的话——就变成了。
—Woe Is I by Patricia T. O’Conner
“It’s getting to the point where folks can’t step outside the Thicket without one of us gods escorting them. Even then it can get iffy.”
“现在已经到了这样的地步，如果没有我们诸神之一的护送，人们就无法走出灌木丛。即便如此，情况也可能会变得不确定。”
—Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
“I don’t know, Connor. No one does. Everything about the outcome is still iffy. It’s a cruel time.”
“我不知道，康纳。没有人这样做。关于结果的一切仍然不确定。这是一个残酷的时刻。”
—Silent To The Bone by E.L. Konigsburg
词源：
iffy (adj.)1937, American English, from if + -y (2). Originally associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
iffy (adj.)1937，美式英语，源自 if + -y (2)。最初与富兰克林·罗斯福总统有关。相关条目及更多
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