2ADJ-GRADED 滑头的;靠不住的;狡猾的 You can describe someone as slippery if you think that they are dishonest in a clever way and cannot be trusted. 滑头的;靠不住的;狡猾的 [disapproval]
He is a slippery customer, and should be carefully watched.
他是一个狡猾的顾客,要小心提防。
3PHRASE 滑向深渊的道路 If someone is on a slippery slope, they are involved in a course of action that is difficult to stop and that will eventually lead to failure or trouble. 滑向深渊的道路
The company started down the slippery slope of believing that they knew better than the customer.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤be, feel, look滑;感覺滑;看上去滑▸➤become, get變得滑◇The concrete gets slippery when it's wet.混凝土地面濕的時候會很滑。➤make sth使⋯滑◇The oil made the ground slippery and treacherous to walk on.油使地面打滑,走在上面很危險。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常滑▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些滑◇Watch out-the floor's a little slippery.小心,地板有點兒滑。➤notoriously出了名地棘手◇International law is notoriously slippery.人所共知,國際法相當棘手。PREPOSITION➤with因⋯而滑◇rocks that were slippery with seaweed佈滿海草而發滑的岩石PHRASES➤slippery when wet濕時很滑◇Bathroom floors can become slippery when wet.浴室地板打濕後會很滑。➤wet and slippery濕滑◇The track was wet and slippery for the race.跑道有些濕滑,不利於比賽。