- 1小心翼翼地、提防地、戒備地(因為覺得可能有危險或有詐)
Warily describes doing something in a careful, watchful way, because you think there might be danger or a trick. It is the adverb of wary. Picture someone into a dark room slowly, hands out, ready to go back — that is moving warily.
Warily describes doing somethingwarily形容做一件事 in a careful, watchful way用小心警覺的方式 because you think there might be danger or a trick因為你覺得可能有危險或有詐。It is它是 the adverb of warywary的副詞。Picture someone stepping into a dark room slowly想像一個人慢慢走進暗房間 hands out手伸在前面 ready to go back隨時準備退回去 that is moving warily這就是warily地移動。
Two ideas live inside it at once: care, and a reason for the care. You are not careful because you are polite or neat; you are careful because something might hurt you or fool you. That is what separates it from "carefully".
Two ideas live inside it at once這個字裡同時藏著兩個概念 care小心 and a reason for the care和小心背後的理由。You are not careful because you are polite or neat你小心不是因為有禮貌或整齊 you are careful because something might hurt you or fool you你小心是因為有東西可能會傷害你或騙你。That is what separates it from這就是它跟 "carefully"carefully的差別。
You can walk warily, watch someone warily, and also agree, answer, or smile warily — meaning you did it, but you kept your guard up. It goes very naturally with verbs of looking and moving: eye someone warily, approach warily, tread warily. "Tread warily" is a set phrase meaning "be careful in a situation where you could easily cause trouble", often about words rather than feet.
You can walk warily, watch someone warily你可以warily地走路、warily地看著某人 and also agree, answer, or smile warily也可以warily地同意、回答或微笑 meaning you did it, but you kept your guard up意思是你做了這件事,但心裡還是有防備。It goes very naturally with verbs of looking and moving它很自然會跟看和移動的動詞搭配 eye someone warilywarily地盯著某人看 approach warilywarily地靠近 tread warilywarily地踩踏前進。"Tread warily"「Tread warily」 is a set phrase meaning是個固定用法意思是 "be careful in a situation where you could easily cause trouble"在容易惹麻煩的情況下小心行事 often about words rather than feet通常講的是說話而不是走路。
The feeling is watchful, not . A person who is warily doing something is still doing it — they have not run away.
The feeling is watchful, not frightened這種感覺是警覺,不是害怕。A person who is warily doing somethingwarily地做一件事的人 is still doing it還是在做這件事 they have not run away他們並沒有逃走
core核心畫面
組成wary + -ly. The -ly ending turns an adjective into an adverb — it tells you HOW something is done. Note the spelling change: wary ends in -y, so the y becomes i before -ly: wary → warily.
原始詞典資料2 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。
warilyadv
- 1
In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.
- She walked through the dark alley, warily glancing around to make sure she wasn't being followed.
- That her little Tarzan could destroy a great bull gorilla she knew to be improbable, and so, as she neared the spot from which the sounds of the struggle had come, she moved more warily and at last slowly and with extreme caution she traversed the lowest branches, peering eagerly into the moon- splashed blackness for a sign of the combatants.
- 2
Without trust; in a manner showing a lack of trust.
- He listened to the salesman's pitch warily, sensing a potential scam.
- East and West still eye each other warily across the sea, but the Cold War has begun to melt.
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