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词汇 chary
释义 chary
adjective
uk /ˈtʃeə.ri/ us /ˈtʃer.i/
uncertain and frightened to take risks, or unwilling to take action: 小心的,谨慎的;不愿采取行动的
I'm a bit chary of using a travel agency that doesn't have official registration.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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Doubt & ambivalence
ambivalence
ambivalent
ambivalently
askance
be in two mindsidiom
have a foot in both campsidiom
haw
hem
hem and hawidiom
hum and hawidiom
nonconcern
nonplussed
quandary
rudderless
shades of greyidiom
warily
wary
waver
wavering
waveringly

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Cautious and vigilant

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Examples of chary


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