in a careful or cautious manner 小心地,谨慎地 Jackson sat down very gingerly. 杰克逊小心翼翼地坐下。
adjective
showing great care or caution 小心的,谨慎的 with strangers the preliminaries are taken at a gingerly pace. 有新来者在场,所以开场的客套进行得小心而拘谨。
派生 gingerliness noun 语源
early 16th cent. (in the sense 'daintily, mincingly'): perhaps from Old French gensor 'delicate', comparative of gent 'graceful', from Latin genitus ('well-) born'