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Перевод: wary
[прилагательное] осторожный; настороженный; подозрительный
Тезаурус:
- Recently he spotted a Mercedes, just as its wary driver spotted him and ducked his head.
- Galas is wary of making a point of her own HIV status (negative), because she believes, rightly, that it should be beside the point in judgments of her work.
- Beth Stubbs was a Quaker, a member of that old Mafia that I had been so wary of.
- The only other thing you have to be wary of when playing bream is their ability, whether intentional or otherwise, to glide in an arc on the end of your line rather like a kite in a strong wind.
- For the other side of the "protection" coin to be wary of is over -protection.
- The strategy effectively neutralised what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner with an electorate wary about an upsurge in union power under Labour if it could be made an issue.
- Lee looked wary.
- The absence of deals has led to speculation that advertisers, wary of getting caught in a US-Japan economic crossfire, are "frightened" of Yamaguchi because of her Japanese name and heritage.
- When the three appeared for school they were wary of her at first but she was able to summon sufficient energy to disguise her lack of it and they were completely at ease before they left for school.
- The tone was light, but his blue eyes remained wary.
- As far back as 700 BC Hesiod was wary of it: "Gossip is mischievous, light and easy to raise, but grievous to bear and hard to get rid of."
- Wary babies show that they have learnt to react as adults do to disturbing social intrusions "where they are approached regardless of their wishes and whether or not they provide appropriate invitational cues".
- We should also be wary of accepting unquestioningly the "romantic" values implied in these labels.
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