| 单词 | chary |
| 释义 | char·y /ˈtʃeəri $ ˈtʃeri/ adjective especially British English WILLINGunwilling to risk doing something 小心的，谨慎的，不愿冒险的 SYN warychary 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 Corpuschary• 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.Origin chary Old English cearig “sad, anxious”, from caru; → CARE1char·y adjectiveChineseSyllable unwilling risk Corpus doing to something |
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