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unwary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·wa·ry /ʌnˈweəri $ -ˈweri/ adjective formal  1 NOT KNOWnot knowing about possible problems or dangers, and therefore easily harmed or deceived 不警觉的,粗心的 unwary travellers 毫无戒备的旅行者2 the unwary formal people who are unwary 不警觉的人,粗心大意的人 pitfalls that can trap the unwary 粗心大意者易上当的圈套
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unwaryIn truth the government of Danzig had become a labyrinth sown with pits for the unwary.For a moment Obispal was unwary and he knows it.Such conditions led to areas of swamp which were a natural trap for unwary animals which ventured to the river to drink.His idiosyncratic usage is at once fascinating for analysis and a warning against making unwary generalisations about lyric poetry.The unwary movement caused her foot to slip on the footpath made muddy by the overnight rain.It looks almost like a cluster, and I have known unwary observers to confuse it with the Pleiades.Many unwary people were summarily dismissed for what they had said.
un·wa·ry adjectiveChineseSyllable
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unwary
unwary /ʌnˈweəri $ -ˈweri/ adjective formal
1. not knowing about possible problems or dangers, and therefore easily harmed or deceived:
    unwary travellers
2. the unwary [plural] people who are unwary:
    pitfalls that can trap the unwary


un·waryBrE /ʌnˈweəri/ 🔊NAmE /ʌnˈweri/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] not aware of the possible dangers or problems of a situation and therefore likely to be harmed in some way 不警觉的;不提防的   compare wary the unwary noun [plural] people who are unwary 粗心的人;不警觉的人The stock market is full of traps for the unwary. 对无风险意识的人而言,股票市场充满了陷阱。🔊🔊