chary
chary 英 [ˈtʃeəri] 美 [ˈtʃeri]
adj. 谨慎的；仔细的；吝啬的；怕羞的
名词复数:charies
- Being chary (pronounced CHAIR-ee) is being wary or cautious. If you lost two teeth in last year’s rugby season, you should be chary of signing up again this year.
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- adj. 谨慎的；仔细的；吝啬的；怕羞的
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1. Consumers, chary of spending, are hobbling domestic demand.
德国谨慎花钱的消费者制约了国内需求。
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2. But federal appeals courts are extremely chary of overturning state courts' decisions.
但是，在推翻地方法院判决方面，联邦法院相当谨慎小心。
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3. As amaterialist, Marx was chary of ideas which were divorced from historicalreality, and thought that there were usually good historical reasons for thisseparation.
作为一个唯物主义者，马克思对于已经从历史现实主义中分离出去的唯物主义理念是谨慎的，而且认为通常有好的历史原因促成这种分离。
- chary (adj.) Old English cearig "sorrowful, full of care," the adjective from care (n.), q.v. Sense evolved 16c. from "full of care" to "careful." Compare the sense evolution of careful. Meaning "sparing, frugal" is from 1560s. Cognate with Old Saxon carag, Old High German charag "full of sorrow, trouble, or care." Related: Charily; chariness.
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