cautious

英['kɔːʃəs] 美['kɔːʃəs]
  • adj. 谨慎的；十分小心的
cautiously cautiousness
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详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 谨慎的
    2. （十分）小心的
    3. 仔细
    4. 慎重
    5. 老成持重
    6. 拘谨
    7. 细心的
    8. 警惕的
    9. 谨小慎微的
    n. (名词)
    1. 审慎
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 小心的,谨慎的 showing or having caution; careful

英英释义

Noun:
  1. people who are fearful and cautious;

    "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"

Adjective:
  1. showing careful forethought;

    "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"
    "a cautious driver"

  2. avoiding excess;

    "a conservative estimate"

双语例句

1. Australia, put in to bat, made a cautious start.
轮到澳大利亚队出场击球，他们开始打得很谨慎。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Investors are playing it cautious, and they're playing it smart.
投资者审慎精明地行事。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The policy was rejected in favour of a more cautious approach.
这项政策未被采纳，取而代之的是一项较为谨慎的策略。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Employers may become overly cautious about taking on new staff.
雇主在雇用新职员时可能会变得过于谨慎。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The president became more cautious as his popularity dipped.
由于支持率有所下降，总统变得更加谨慎了。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. She is cautious of telling secrets.
      她很谨慎，不会泄露秘密。
    2. He is cautious in his choice of words.
      他措辞很谨慎。
    3. They've taken a very cautious approach.
      他们采取了十分谨慎的态度。
    4. The old lady is very cautious with money.
      那位老太太用钱很谨慎。
    5. I should be cautious not to give offence.
      我应该小心不要得罪人。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ～+ n.
    1. A cautious driver never drives his car too fast.
      一个谨慎的司机从不开快车。
    用作表语 S+be+～
    1. Her husband is cautious, never making a swift decision about anything.
      她丈夫十分谨慎,从不草率作出任何决定。
    S+be+～+ prep .-phrase
    1. I am cautious of giving offence.
      我谨防得罪人。
    S+be+～+to- v
    1. The students are cautious not to make any mistakes in spelling.
      学生们在拼写时非常小心,以避免出错。

用法讲解

adj. (形容词)
cautious, attentive, careful, precautious
  • 这组形容词都有“细心的”“谨慎的”意思。其区别在于:
  • 1.careful修饰具有动作概念的名词时,可译为“细致的”“精心的”,含有靠认真实践来避免错误的意味。例如:
  • One can never be too careful in his work.工作越细心越好。
  • She was careful enough to find this mistake of mine.她相当仔细,发现了我的这一差错。
  • 2.attentive指为了理解或改变事物而采取“注意的”或“聚精会神”的态度,有时含有谦恭有礼的意味。例如:
  • Please be more attentive to your studies.请多用点儿心读书。
  • A speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢聚精会神的听众。
  • She was very attentive to her sick sister.她非常关心生病的妹妹。
  • 3.cautious指对待某事物时,要仔细考虑各种可能性,所持的态度是“细心的”“谨慎的”,含有要避免危险、谨慎留意、以防出现差错的意味。例如:
  • The students are cautious not to make any mistakes in spelling.学生们在拼写时非常小心。
  • He is a cautious driver.他开车很谨慎。
  • Papa, intensely cautious, never made a decision lightly.爸爸非常谨慎小心,从来不轻易作出决定。
  • She was cautious of strangers.她对陌生人很戒备。
  • 4.precautious指对待某事物是“有防备的”“戒备的”“警惕的”,尤指社会场合的谨慎,除非对知己者,否则不愿对他人谈及自己的个人问题,也指担心出差错而事先做好各种防范准备。例如:
  • He was precautious in crossing the rickety bridge.走过这座摇摇晃晃的桥时他小心翼翼。
    • careful，cautious，attentive，prudent
  • 这些形容词均含有“小心的，谨慎的”之意。
  • careful侧重做事谨慎、留心，特别注意一些细节地方。
  • cautious着重考虑事情的后果，谨慎留意，防止出差错。
  • attentive指认真地注意地倾听别人的意见，留心别人的需要等。
  • prudent指遇事审慎，思考计划周密，不贸然行事。
    • 用作形容词 (adj.)
    ～+名词 ～+动词不定式 ～+介词

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