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单词 chary
释义
chary
adjective
uk
/ˈtʃeə.ri/us
/ˈtʃer.i/
uncertainandfrightenedto takerisks, orunwillingto takeaction:
小心的，谨慎的；不愿采取行动的
I'm abitcharyofusingatravelagencythat doesn't haveofficialregistration.选择没有正式注册的旅行社我有点不放心。
Synonyms
cageyinformal
circumspectformal
wary
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
avoiding risk
  • carefulBe careful! I don't want you to fall!
  • cautiousShe's a very cautious driver.
  • play it safeI think I'll play it safe and take the earlier train.
  • risk-averseRisk-averse investors will want to stay away from the company's initial public offering.
  • charyI'm a bit chary of accidentally offending our hosts.
  • better safe than sorryIt's probably nothing more than a headache, but we'll order a round of tests - better safe than sorry.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Doubt & ambivalence
  • ambivalence
  • ambivalent
  • ambivalently
  • askance
  • be in two mindsidiom
  • haw
  • hem
  • hem and hawidiom
  • hum and hawidiom
  • indecision
  • nonplussed
  • quandary
  • rudderless
  • shades of greyidiom
  • shilly-shally
  • wary
  • waver
  • wavering
  • wishy-washy
  • wobble
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Cautious and vigilant

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charily
(Definition ofcharyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchary

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Even when the foreign banks held plenty of silver, they may becharyto lend it when some untoward event takes place.
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Vitet nevertheless remainedchary, observing that although everything seemed ready, obstacles could still arise.
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Magistrates are verycharyof exercising the various discretions permitted to them.
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That is obviously an argument that we ought to becharyof accepting.
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People should becharyof criticising the process of selection as being too tough.
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We should becharyof giving our confidence until we are quite sure it is justified.
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I am verycharyabout picking out the young and the old.
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It will be sparing andcharyin using them.
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I should be mostcharyof censorship imposed by ourselves.
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I think one has to be a littlecharyabout fixing on a given point.
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Since then, employers have been verycharyof activating the legislation.
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I amcharyof setting up yet another piece of mechanism of that kind.
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The fact that there was a crisis must make uscharyof drawing general conclusions from this particular case.
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I think we should becharyof concluding that we have got already the terms of peace that we should desire.
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That is something of which we should be extremelychary.
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