guardedness

1 a guarded man who knew better than to reveal such delicate information

2 Hirst is a guarded and successful writer, Spooner a poet or a fraud or both.

3 You’re very guarded.

4 After his relationship with Jan (Amy Ryan) ended dramatically, Charles (Steve Martin) is even more guarded with his heart in season two.

5 The guarded and pessimistic mood that results from this oppression permeates this melodrama, all the way down to its muted color palette.

6 When the massive sanctions on Russia were announced following the invasions, even those most skeptical of economic warfare offered at least guarded support for Biden’s approach.

7 The revelations add to a growing picture of Mr. Sunak’s closely guarded wealth, one flecked by tax controversies, offshore accounts and millions of dollars in potential conflicts of interests that went undeclared.

8 This is true even for the most guarded and private of interviewees—like, for instance, Princess Margaret, whose interview on Desert Island Discs is the catalyst for an intensely emotional episode of The Crown’s latest season.

9 After the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, the government turned on the political openness of the 1980s and became more guarded toward the outside world.

10 Dickens's friends knew about Ellen, although he kept her as closely guarded a secret as possible.

11 He wrote of his failing health in guarded terms.

他用谨慎的字句提到了他的越来越坏的健康。

12 He was being fairly guarded about the details.

他对细节有所保留。

13 He was friendly but guarded, especially toward Arthur.

他态度友好，但有戒心，特别是对阿瑟。

1 谨慎

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