[mass noun]care taken to avoid danger or mistakes
小心,谨慎
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anyone receiving a suspect package should exercise extreme caution. 任何人收到可疑包裹时都应极其谨慎。
[count noun]
〈主英〉 警告(对犯轻罪但未被指控的官方或司法警告,大意为如再犯将对之采取进一步行动)
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they let him off with a caution .他们警告他一番后,就把他放了。
warning
告诫
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business advisers have sounded a note of caution .企业顾问们已发出警告。
〈非 正式,旧〉 可笑的人,令人吃惊的人。
say something as a warning
警告
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[with clause]
the Chancellor cautioned that economic uncertainties remained 财政大臣警告道,经济上的不确定因素依然存在
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[with direct speech]
‘Be careful now,’ I cautioned .“现在得小心点。”我警告道。
[no obj.](
告诫(或建议)不做(某事)
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advisers have cautioned against tax increases .顾问们告诫不要增税。
[with obj.](常作
〈主英〉 发出官方(或司法)警告
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he was cautioned for possessing drugs .他因拥有毒品而受到警告。
[with obj.](of a police officer)advise (someone) of their legal rights when arresting them
(警官逮捕某人时)提醒(被捕人)所拥有的法律权利。
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err on the side of caution take a comparatively safe course of action when presented with a choice 宁求稳妥,不愿涉险 -
throw caution to the wind (或winds ) act in a completely reckless manner 不顾一切;鲁莽行事 -
under caution having been told of one's legal rights when under arrest (被逮捕时)被告知其法律权利
"Middle English (denoting bail or a guarantee; now chiefly Scots and US): from Latin