caution
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英 ['k???(?)n]
美['k???n]
- n. 小心，謹慎；警告，警示
- vt. 警告
CET6TEM4IELTS考研TOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?cautions;過去式:?cautioned;過去分詞:?cautioned;現在分詞:?cautioning;
中文詞源
caution 警慎
來自PIE*skeue, 注意，留意，詞源同caveat, show(原義看別人，現義給別人看)。
英文詞源
- caution
- caution: see show
- caution (n.)
- c. 1300, "bail, guarantee, pledge," from Old French caution "security, surety" (13c.), from Latin cautionem (nominative cautio) "caution, care, foresight, precaution," noun of action from past participle stem of cavere "to be on one's guard" (see caveat). The Latin sense re-emerged in English 16c.-17c. Meaning "word of warning" is from c. 1600.
- caution (v.)
- "to warn," 1640s, from caution (n.). Related: Cautioned; cautioning.
雙語例句
- 1. Television broadcasters were warned to exercise caution over depicting scenes of violence.
- 電視臺受到警告，要求對暴力場面的描繪采取謹慎態度。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They may be wise to err on the side of caution.
- 他們過于謹慎也許是明智的。
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- 3. There was a note of caution for the Treasury in the figures.
- 統計數字向財政部亮出了警告。
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- 4. Keegan and company approached the game with understandable caution.
- 基根一伙人小心謹慎地對待這場比賽，這是可以理解的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Extreme caution should be exercised when buying part-worn tyres.
- 購買部分磨損輪胎時要格外當心。
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