单词 | precaution |
释义 | precaution[pri'kɒ:ʃən]n. 预防, 留心, 警戒vt. 预先警告【法】 预防, 预防措施, 警惕相关词组:by way of precaution precaution pre.cau.tion AHD: [pr¹-kô“sh…n] D.J. [pr!6k%8.*n]K.K. [pr!6k%.*n]n.(名词)1. An action taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure; a safeguard:预防,防备:预先采取动作以预防可能的危险或失败;保护:He took every precaution but still got a bad deal on that used car.他处处小心但还是在旧车交易中受骗2. Caution practiced in advance; forethought or circumspection:预先作出的警告;深思熟虑或周密慎重:Precaution was impossible in those dire circumstances.在紧迫的环境下无暇再去周密慎重语源:1. Late Latin praecauti½ praecauti½n- 后期拉丁语 praecauti½ praecauti½n- 2. from praecautus 源自 praecautus 3. past participle of Latin praecav¶re [to guard against] 拉丁语 praecav¶re的过去分词 [保护] 4. prae- [pre-] prae- [前缀] 5. cav¶re [to beware] cav¶re [意识到] |
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