wary
音标：
英音/ ˈweəri / 美音/ ˈweri /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
President Biden has accepted the United Auto Workers’ invitation to join striking workers on the picket line, announcing the visit on social media after the White House earlier acted wary about the invitation.
拜登总统接受了美国汽车工人联合会的邀请，加入罢工工人的纠察线，在白宫早些时候对这一邀请表现出谨慎态度后，他在社交媒体上宣布了此次访问。
—Washington Times
It has also become increasingly wary of security risks posed by China and has denied permanent residency to some people seeking to move from Hong Kong because of Beijing’s increasing control over the city.
它还对中国带来的安全风险越来越警惕，并拒绝向一些寻求离开香港的人提供永久居留权，因为北京对香港的控制日益加强。
—Washington Times
Residents wary of falling rockets avoid markets and a nightly curfew empties the streets.
担心火箭坠落的居民避开市场，夜间宵禁使街道空无一人。
—Reuters
基本释意：
adjective
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
小心翼翼的，谨慎的，警戒的
同义词：
leery,mistrustful,suspicious,untrusting
短释义：
You can trace wary through Old English back to Old High German giwar “aware, attentive.” If you keep a wary eye on something, you are attentive for signs that it is becoming dangerous. Likewise, if you give someone a wary glance, your face conveys the suspicion and caution you feel. When you are wary of driving alone at night or making promises, you fear something bad might happen if you do these things.
如果您不太信任某人或某事并希望谨慎行事，请将自己形容为谨慎。警惕野生蘑菇和网络交易等危险事物！
长释义：
You can trace wary through Old English back to Old High German giwar “aware, attentive.” If you keep a wary eye on something, you are attentive for signs that it is becoming dangerous. Likewise, if you give someone a wary glance, your face conveys the suspicion and caution you feel. When you are wary of driving alone at night or making promises, you fear something bad might happen if you do these things.
你可以通过古英语将“警惕”追溯到古高地德语“giwar”，意为“意识到的、细心的”。如果你对某件事保持警惕，你就会留意它正在变得危险的迹象。同样，如果你警惕地看了某人一眼，你的表情就会表达出你的怀疑和谨慎。当您对夜间独自驾驶或做出承诺持谨慎态度时，您担心如果做这些事情可能会发生不好的事情。
文学例句：
She couldn’t tell whether he was concerned or wary.
她分不清他是担心还是警惕。
—The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
The Wild Men had put out a screen of wary hunters, so that no orc or roving spy should learn of the movements in the hills.
野人派出了警惕的猎人，这样兽人或流动的间谍就不会知道山里的动向。
—The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
The antelope were more wary, the birds readier to take flight.
羚羊更加警惕，鸟儿更准备起飞。
—A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer
词源：
wary (adj.)late 15c., with -y (2) + ware, from Old English wær “prudent, aware, alert, wary,” from Proto-Germanic *waraz (source also of Old Norse varr “attentive,” Gothic wars “cautious,” Old Saxon giwar, Middle Dutch gheware, Old High German giwar, German gewahr “aware”), from PIE root *wer- (3) “perceive, watch out for.” Related: Warily; wariness.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
警惕（adj.）15c. 晚期，用 -y (2) + ware，源自古英语 wær “谨慎、意识到、警觉、警惕”，源自原始日耳曼语 *waraz（也源自古挪威语 varr “细心”，哥特语战争“谨慎”，古撒克逊语 giwar，中古荷兰语 gheware，古高地德语 giwar，德语 gewahr“意识到”），源自 PIE 词根 *wer- (3)“感知，提防”。相关：警惕；警惕性。相关条目及更多
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