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wary

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war·y /ˈweəri $ ˈweri/ ●○○ adjectiveadj  
CAREFULsomeone who is wary is careful because they think something might be dangerous or harmful 小心翼翼的，谨慎的
be wary of (doing) something
 I’m a bit wary of driving in this fog.
我有点害怕在这样的雾天开车。
wary of
 We must teach children to be wary of strangers.
我们一定要教育孩子警惕陌生人。
 Keep a wary eye on the weather before you set sail.
出航前要密切注意天气。
 She had a wary expression on her face.
她脸上带着小心谨慎的表情。
—wariness noun [singular, uncountableU]
 a wariness in her voice
她语气中透出的谨慎
—warily adverbadv
 She eyed him warily.
她警惕地看着他。
Examples from the Corpus
wary• A natural gas explosion that killed three and injured more than 20 others in 1992 has made the community particularly wary.• As for coming out: you are very wary.• The problems with selling the house had made her much more wary about financial matters.• Consumers have become very wary and are spending much less.• One of the guards was fiddling with his radio, all the time keeping a wary eye on the five prisoners.• Be wary of advisers who recommend that you sell all your current investments in order to buy new ones.• Wary of becoming entangled in her friend's family quarrels, Eileen made an excuse and left.• She had become extremely wary of relationships as a result of her childhood experiences.• One also needs to be wary of the inequalities that market mechanisms bring in their wake.
be wary of (doing) something• Congress is wary of becoming too dependent on foreign oil.• He was wary of it, thinking it might be living, but he saw it was just another machine.• W01111n, like birds, have learned to be wary of men; they pass the wariness on, genetically.• It was broken, and we should be wary of returning to such a rigid system.• I longed to ask questions but was wary of revealing my complete lack of local knowledge.• The Chancellor should be wary of the argument that the deficit does not matter because it is in the private sector.• One also needs to be wary of the inequalities that market mechanisms bring in their wake.• Other parishioners were wary of unleashing political passions in the parish.
Origin wary
(1400-1500) ware “careful” ((11-20 centuries)), from Old English wær
war·y adjectiveadj
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6338 COCA: 6004
wary

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES VERBS➤be, feel, look, seem慎重；覺得慎重；看起來小心翼翼；似乎很謹慎▸➤become, get, grow謹慎起來；變得慎重；逐漸謹慎起來▸➤remain保持謹慎▸➤make sb使某人警惕◇The strange look in his eyes made me wary of accepting his offer.他那奇怪的眼神使我在考慮是否接受他的提議時謹慎起來。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常謹慎▸➤decidedly, deeply明顯警惕；非常慎重▸➤increasingly越來越謹慎➤especially, particularly尤其／特別謹慎▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略有些警惕▸➤instinctively, naturally本能地／自然地警覺起來▸➤suddenly突然警惕起來◇Paula frowned, suddenly wary.葆拉皺了皺眉頭，突然警惕起來。PREPOSITION➤about對⋯謹慎◇Be wary about these so-called special offers.要小心這些所謂的特惠。➤of對⋯提防◇You should be very wary of people offering cheap tickets.一定要當心那些提供便宜票的人。PHRASES➤keep a wary eye on sb/sth (often figurative) 密切注意⋯◇The chip manufacturers are keeping a wary eye on the market.芯片製造商在密切注意市場的動向。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6338 COCA: 6004
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6338 COCA: 6004
wary
Feeling worried and nervous: worried, nervous, upset...
Feelings of worry and nervousness: worry, concern, stress...

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