| 单词 | guarded |
| 释义 | guarded (once / 320 pages) adj Someone who's guarded is careful, restrained, and maybe a little bit wary. It's normal for a new rescue dog to be guarded when you first bring her home. People tend to be guarded in certain situations — when they're being criticized, or are at a party where they don't know a single person. Others simply have guarded personalities, always starting from a position of cautiousness. Guarded can also literally mean "protected," like a guarded castle, but you'll more often find it describing a restrained person. WORD FAMILYguarded: guardedly, unguarded+/guard: guarded, guarding, guards/unguarded: unguardedly USAGE EXAMPLESPhotographers were camped outside the heavily guarded residence, hoping to get pictures of investigators arriving. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Principles of sovereignty and non-interference, just like in many other parts of the world, are jealously guarded. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) As Mohamed guarded a displaced persons camp this week, scrolled through photos of himself in front of sandbags on the front lines southeast of Mosul. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj prudent guarded optimism Syn restrained cautious showing careful forethought |
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