Wary
['weərɪ] or ['wɛri]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; 'they were wary in their movements'; 'a wary glance at the black clouds'; 'taught to be wary of strangers' .
校對:帕蒂--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
(a.) Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
亚历克斯編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Cautious, heedful, careful, watchful, vigilant, circumspect, prudent, discreet, guarded.
整理:瓦莱丽
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Suspicious, cautious, watchful, guarded, circumspect, prudent, vigilant
ANT:Unwary, unsuspecting, incautious, invigilant, unwatchful, unguarded,uncircumspect, heedless
德布斯錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. warding or guarding against deception &c.: cautious.—adj. Ware′ful careful.—n. Ware′fulness.—adv. Wā′rily.—n. Wā′riness.
珍妮特錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Be cautious then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Hanging about the doorway (I fancied,) were slouchy Pompeiian street-boys uttering slang and profanity, and keeping a wary eye out for checks. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- We must be wary for a while, if we are to get the information which we want. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Gerald, who was very subtly alert, wary in all his senses, leaned forward and asked smilingly: 'What were you saying? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- With a wary eye on future emergencies, I kept the letter. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Roaring and shrieking the apes dashed toward Kulonga, but that wary savage was fleeing down the trail like a frightened antelope. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The fact that assumption plays a large part in our mental attitude toward practical affairs should make us wary of contesting the legitimacy of scientific hypo theses. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- In the time to come, I shall have a wary eye on all admirers; and shall exact a great deal from the successful one, I assure you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- If Mercury should chance to be possessed by any lingering curiosity as to Mr. Bucket's letters, that wary person is not the man to gratify it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- As often as the driver rested them and brought them to a stand, with a wary Wo-ho! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
艾丽萨校對