chary

英 [ˈtʃeəri]

美 [ˈtʃeri]

adj.  不愿冒风险的; 小心谨慎的; 谨小慎微的

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BNC.37856 / COCA.40272

牛津词典

adj.

• 不愿冒风险的；小心谨慎的；谨小慎微的
  not willing to risk doing sth; fearing possible problems if you do sth

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 小心的;谨慎的
  If you arechary ofdoing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
  1. I am rather chary of making too many idiotic mistakes.
     我小心翼翼避免犯太多的愚蠢错误。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by great caution and wariness
  1. a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
  2. chary of the risks involved
  3. a chary investor
  Synonym:cageycagy

双语例句

• He is chary of praise [ praising others].
  他吝于[不轻易]称赞别人。
• They are chary of investing such an amount of money in the risky business.
  他们对于在那项风险很大的生意中投资态度很谨慎。
• You should be chary of investing any money in such a risky venture.
  你在这样冒险的事业里投资要小心谨慎。
• However, the EU courts prefer the performing place doctrine and the single entity doctrine and are chary of the effect doctrine although they never deny it explicitly.
  而欧洲法院倾向于采用履行地原则和单一经济实体原则，对后果原则虽不明确否认，但对其适用持谨慎的态度，不愿公开将后果原则作为欧盟反垄断法域外效力的法律基础。
• The cat is chary of wetting its paws.
  那猫小心翼翼的不弄湿它的爪子。
• China's education system has long had a chary attitude toward matters of romance.
  中国的教育系统向来对早恋这件事态度谨慎。
• He is chary of giving praise.
  他不轻易夸奖人。
• Banks used to lend money to anyone but they've grown chary since the recession.
  以前银行借钱给任何人，可自从经济萧条以后它们变得小心谨慎了。
• I am rather chary of making too many idiotic mistakes.
  我小心翼翼避免犯太多的愚蠢错误。
• Thus, the study of the pastoral song is an important theoretical work to chary on the develop the Mongolian musical culture.
  所以，对蒙古族长调牧歌的深入研究，是继承和发展蒙古族音乐文化的重要基础理论工作。