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单词
chary
释义
chary
char‧y
/
ˈtʃeəri
$
ˈtʃeri
/
adjective
especially British English
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
chary
Origin:
Old English
cearig
‘sad, anxious’
, from
caru
;
➔
CARE
1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Automakers are
chary
about shipping base cars for test drives, because those cars sell poorly.
He understood, as well, why Fenella had been so
chary
of telling the entire truth.
I would be
chary
of anything caught in these murky waters.
The slaughter houses are
chary
of taking freeze-branded animals.
Toby winning a victory over the headmaster on Monday night which made him
chary
of challenging him again on Wednesday.
unwilling to risk doing something
SYN
wary
chary about/of doing something
Banks were chary of lending the company more money.
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