一、详细释义:


n.

小心,谨慎,慎重


例句:

Handle that gun with caution.

拿那支枪要小心。


例句:

All their care, their caution, their wariness had been wrecked on the rock of the inevitable.

他们所有的小心、谨慎和提防都在这无法避免的事实面前触礁了。


警告,告诫,警示


例句:

The policeman let the driver off with a caution.

警察向司机提出警告后就让他走了。


例句:

The teacher gave Tom a caution and told him never to do it again.

教师给了汤姆一次警告,叫他不许再那样做。


担保

v.

(受到)提醒,告诫,警告 [T]


例句:

I must caution you against the danger.

我必须警告你应谨防危险。


例句:

I would caution you against undue optimism.

我警告你不要过于乐观。


向…告知其法律权利 [T]


例句:

Nobody was cautioned after arrest.

被捕后,没有人被告知其法律权利。


二、词义辨析:


advise,caution,warn,admonish,counsel

这些动词均有“劝告、忠告、警告”之意。 advise普通用词,泛指劝告,不涉及对方是否听从劝告。 caution主要指针对有潜在危险而提出的警告,含小心从事的意味。 warn含义与caution相同,但语气较重,尤指重后果。 admonish一般指年长者或领导对已犯错误的或有过失的人提出的忠告或警告以避免类似错误。 counsel正式用词,语气比advise强一些,侧重指对重要问题提出的劝告、建议或咨询。


三、参考例句:


The Chancellor is a man of caution.

财政大臣为人处世谨慎。


I would caution you against undue optimism.

我警告你不要过于乐观。


I must caution you against the danger.

我必须警告你应谨防危险。


He told us to proceed with caution.

他要我们谨慎行事。


I would caution against undue optimism.

我奉劝不要过于乐观。


Caution is still the watchword for many.

对于许多人而言,小心谨慎仍是座右铭。


Caution is the parent of safety.

〔谚〕谨慎为安全之本。


His caution and inquisitiveness did not forsake him

他并未失去警觉和侦察一切的天性。


They caution the important adjunct functionality may be lost.

他们告诫说一些重要的附属功能可能会失去。


You should exercise extreme caution when driving in the rain.

在雨中开车要极为小心。