Wariness is the feeling of not fully trusting something, so you stay careful and keep watching. It is the noun that goes with wary.

Wariness Wariness is the feeling of not fully trusting something是一種不完全信任某個東西的感覺 so you stay careful and keep watching所以你會保持小心、一直觀察 It is the noun that goes with wary它是wary（提防的）的名詞形

It is not fear — fear makes you run, wariness makes you slow down and look again. It is also not shyness.

It is not fear它不是fear（恐懼） fear makes you run恐懼會讓你逃跑 wariness makes you slow down and look again而wariness則是讓你慢下來、再看一次 It is also not shyness它也不是shyness（害羞）

A person full of wariness may talk to you happily; they simply do not hand over their trust yet.

A person full of wariness一個充滿wariness的人 may talk to you happily還是可能開開心心地跟你聊天 they simply do not hand over their trust yet他們只是還沒把信任交出去

You will often see it about people and about ideas: "a wariness of strangers", "public wariness about the new law", "he treated the offer with wariness". Notice the small words that follow it: wariness of somebody, or wariness about something.

You will often see it about people and about ideas你常會看到它用在人和想法上 "a wariness of strangers"像"a wariness of strangers"（對陌生人的戒心） "public wariness about the new law"或"public wariness about the new law"（大眾對新法律的疑慮） "he treated the offer with wariness"又或"he treated the offer with wariness"（他對這個提議保持警覺） Notice the small words that follow it要注意它後面接的小字 wariness of somebody像wariness of somebody or wariness about something或wariness about something

Because it names a feeling, it is normally uncountable — you say "her wariness", not "a wariness" (though writers sometimes do say "a certain wariness", which is fine).

Because it names a feeling因為它指的是一種感覺 it is normally uncountable通常是不可數名詞 you say "her wariness"你會說"her wariness" not "a wariness"而不是"a wariness" though writers sometimes do say "a certain wariness"不過作家有時候會說"a certain wariness" which is fine這樣也可以

It often turns up when someone has been hurt before: past experience leaves wariness behind. That is a useful clue to its meaning — wariness usually has a history.

It often turns up when someone has been hurt before它常常出現在一個人曾經受過傷之後 past experience leaves wariness behind過去的經驗留下了wariness That is a useful clue to its meaning這是理解這個字的一個有用線索 wariness usually has a history wariness通常是有一段過去的