| 单词 | chary |
| 释义 | chary (once / 7296 pages) adj Being chary (pronounced CHAIR-ee) is being wary or cautious. If you lost two teeth in last year’s rugby season, you should be chary of signing up again this year. Chary comes from the Old English word cearig for "sorrowful, careful," which is basically what you are if you’re chary. If you’re a little suspicious of something and mulling it over, you’re being chary. A synonym of chary is wary, and both include caution, but some definitions suggest that it's obvious when someone is wary — it shows — while being chary is more of an inside, or hidden, distrust. WORD FAMILYchary: charier, chariest, charily, chariness USAGE EXAMPLESBack at the house, McTeer told me that she is chary of media attention. The New Yorker(Oct 17, 2016) If investors become chary of risky assets again, even those with half-decent fundamentals will get dumped. Economist(May 05, 2016) However, any kind of social cohesiveness outside CCP parameters makes the Party very chary, including demonstrations of civic solidarity such as Gay Pride events. Time(Feb 25, 2016) adj characterized by great caution and wariness chary of the risks involved a chary investor Syn cagey, cagy cautious showing careful forethought |
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