英:['ɡɑ:dɪdlɪ]
美:['ɡɑdɪdlɪ]
英:['ɡɑ:dɪdlɪ]
美:['ɡɑdɪdlɪ]
Adverb
1. in a conservative manner;
"we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000."
The first known use of guarded was in 1709
guardrailnoun
a protective railing placed along dangerous areas (as of a road)
guardiannoun
one that guards : custodian
one who legally has the care of a person or the property of another
guardiannoun
one that guards : custodian
one who legally has the care of a person or the property of another
guardiannoun
one that guards : custodian
one who legally has the care of a person or the property of another
guardhousenoun
a building occupied by a guard or used as a headquarters by soldiers on guard duty
a military jail
guard1 of 2noun
an attitude or state of defense
asked dad for money when his guard was down
the act or duty of protecting or defending
a person who guards or a group of persons who guard
plural a body of troops whose duties include guarding a head of state
a football player who lines up next to the center
either of two players stationed usually away from the basket in basketball
a protective or safety device (as on a machine)
guard2 of 2verb
to protect from danger : defend
to watch over so as to restrict, control, or check a closely guarded secret guard one's tongue
guard a prisoner
to try to keep (an opponent) from scoring
to be on guard : take precautions
guard against infection
guardedadjective
cautious, noncommittal
a guarded answer
1 He shook his head and cast his eyes guardedly back at a white man, then dug on again.
2 If his paper was guardedly optimistic, his postelection verdict was not.
3 Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times, more guardedly, that her part, like those of the rest of the supporting cast, was “agreeably played.”
4 The victim's sister guardedly backed the decision, saying "We hope this torture [for the family] achieves something.
被害人的姐姐对这种做法表示谨慎地支持,她表示:“我们希望对我们家庭的这种折磨能对破案有所帮助。”
5 Are they confident (at least guardedly so) in success?
他们对成功有信心(至少是被保护着的)吗?
6 But since the last of the rebel groups hung up its arms in 2008, international observers are guardedly optimistic that Burundi might finally be on the road to a lasting peace.
7 But Gu is still guardedly optimistic about the broader future for stablecoins.
8 After the evening meal the father fell asleep quickly in his arm chair; the mother and sister talked guardedly to each other in the stillness.
9 “I’m guardedly optimistic that the speaker would consider independent media coverage, if not permanently, at least on request,” said Ben O’Connell, C-SPAN director of editorial operations.
10 “I’m going to say I’m guardedly confident” about the future, Largess said.
11 “Film-making is a small community here. There is a competition and a jealousy. I felt that,” he says, guardedly.
12 Their grievances, sincerely felt but guardedly expressed, couldn’t compete with the genuineness of Tines’s grandmother and Koh’s mother, who stole the show in filmed oral histories projected above the stage.
13 “Did you have any bad dreams?” she said guardedly.
14 A few images of change, and the sense of the ephemeral they bring, are guardedly positive.
15 “It was called I Don’t Care About That One,” she jokes guardedly.
16 “I started to see that it was more than just a book about” booty, Diddy said guardedly, after Mr. Iovine nudged him to talk.
17 He was letting them look him over, and guardedly evaluating them in return.
18 College students and sisters Mary and Vanessa Anyakwo were guardedly optimistic, too, as they took in Times Square on an outing from their home in suburban Elmsford, New York.
19 Hirst is a guarded and successful writer, Spooner a poet or a fraud or both.
20 Their sharp eyes carefully took in the more polished, urbane stance of Carlisle, who, flanked by Emmett and Jasper, stepped guardedly forward to meet them.