chary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcharychar‧y /ˈtʃeəri $ ˈtʃeri/ adjective especially British English WILLINGunwilling to risk doing something SYN warychary about/of doing something Banks were chary of lending the company more money.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.• He understood, as well, why Fenella had been so chary of telling the entire truth.Origin chary Old English cearig “sad, anxious”, from caru; → CARE1

单词	chary
释义	chary From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcharychar‧y /ˈtʃeəri $ ˈtʃeri/ adjective especially British English WILLINGunwilling to risk doing something SYN warychary about/of doing something Banks were chary of lending the company more money.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.• He understood, as well, why Fenella had been so chary of telling the entire truth.Origin chary Old English cearig “sad, anxious”, from caru; → CARE1
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