单词 | chary |
释义 | charyWord family adverbcharilyadjectivecharynounchariness char·y /ˈtʃeəri $ ˈtʃeri/ adjectiveadj especially British EnglishBrE WILLINGunwilling to risk doing something 小心的,谨慎的,不愿冒险的 SYN wary chary about/of doing something Banks were chary of lending the company more money. 银行不愿冒风险贷更多的钱给这家公司。 Examples from the Corpus chary• Automakers are chary about shipping base cars for test drives, because those cars sell poorly.• I would be chary of anything caught in these murky waters.• Toby winning a victory over the headmaster on Monday night which made him chary of challenging him again on Wednesday.• The slaughter houses are chary of taking freeze-branded animals.• He understood, as well, why Fenella had been so chary of telling the entire truth. Old English cearig “sad, anxious”, from caru; → CARE1 |
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