1. 1有所保留地、不露口風地

    When you do something cagily, you do it in a closed, careful way. You do not want other people to see what you think, what you plan, or how much you know.

    When you do something cagily當你 cagily 地做某件事, you do it in a closed, careful way意思是你用一種封閉、小心翼翼的方式在做 —— You do not want other people to see what you think你不想讓別人看出你在想什麼, what you plan你在計劃什麼, or how much you know或你知道多少

    It is the adverb of cagey (also spelled cagy).

    It is the adverb of cagey (also spelled cagy)這是 cagey(也拼作 cagy)的副詞

    People use it about talk more than about moving your body: you answer cagily, you smile cagily, you watch someone cagily. In sport writing you will also see a team play cagily — they will not take a risk, they will not show their plan.

    People use it about talk more than about moving your body這個字比較常用在講話上,而不是用在肢體動作上: you answer cagily你 cagily 地回答、you smile cagily你 cagily 地笑、you watch someone cagily或 cagily 地觀察某人 —— In sport writing在運動報導裡 you will also see a team play cagily你也會看到球隊 play cagily —— they will not take a risk意思是他們不會冒險, they will not show their plan也不會露出自己的策略

    It is a little informal, and it is not a hard, angry word; it is the word for someone who keeps their cards close.

    It is a little informal這個字有點口語, and it is not a hard, angry word而且不是強硬、生氣的字; it is the word for someone who keeps their cards close它是用來形容那種把底牌握緊不放的人

    Though actually, it is not the same as carefully. Carefully can mean you do not want to break a cup. Cagily means you do not want to give yourself away.

    Though actually不過其實, it is not the same as carefully它跟 carefully 不一樣 —— Carefully can mean you do not want to break a cup carefully 可以是指你不想打破一個杯子 —— Cagily means you do not want to give yourself away cagily 講的則是你不想露出馬腳

core核心畫面

組成From cagy + -ly. Cagy (now more often spelled cagey) is the adjective: careful about what you show. -ly makes it “in that way.”

同家族的字

  • cageythe adjective; cagy is the older spelling of the same word
  • caginessthe noun from the same stem

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cagilyadv

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    In a cagy manner.

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