leery of
「〜を警戒して」という表現のバリエーションです。leeryは「 疑い深い，用心深い」が第一義ですが，このようにofをともなって分詞として用いられる場合には，しばしば，「 （…を）用心して，疑って」という意味になります。（UG）
Leery of a Merger, a Hospital in Brooklyn Plans to Declare Bankruptcy
A financially troubled hospital serving a largely African-American and Caribbean niche of central Brooklyn is planning to declare bankruptcy this week, hospital officials said on Sunday, raising concerns that New York State may force it to close or merge with another institution.
Nathan M. Barotz, the chairman of Interfaith's board of trustees, said a merger with another hospital without a guarantee of state aid would be tantamount to closing Interfaith.
The hospital, Interfaith Medical Center, serving Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, has been in and out of financial trouble for decades, with its survival dependent on infusions of state aid. In difficult economic times, however, the Cuomo administration has not indicated a willingness to continue bailing out failing hospitals.
