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单词 precautionary
释义
precautionary
adjective
uk
/prɪˈkɔː.ʃən.ər.i/us
/prɪˈkɑː.ʃən.er.i/
intendedtopreventsomethingunpleasantordangerousfromhappening:
Thecompanyhaswithdrawnthedrugas a precautionarymeasure.
Hospitalstaffarestressingthetestsarepurelyprecautionary and say thechancesof anyonecatchingthediseaseare a million to one.
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  • Topreventthesemaliciousagentsfrominfectingcomputers,Internetsecurityspecialistsrecommendthathomeuserstake several precautionarysteps.
  • Stewards willholda precautionaryinspectionthismorningtodeterminewhether today'shorseracecan goahead.
  • Federalofficialsstressedthat therecallwas precautionary and that they had notfoundanycasesofcontaminatedvaccine.
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(Definition ofprecautionaryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

precautionary| Business English

precautionary
adjective
uk
/prɪˈkɔːʃənəri/us
/prɪˈkɔːʃəneri/
done or used totryandprotectapersonor thing from somethingdangerousorharmful:
As a precautionarymeasure, shemovedhermoneyto anotheraccount.
(Definition ofprecautionaryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprecautionary

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It might be objected that a phrase requiring, for example, "reasonable scientific foundation" of a suspicion to triggerprecautionarymeasures is not very precise.
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Moreover, unexpected events might affect current and retirement income, evidence on theprecautionarymotive of saving is far-reaching.
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Although both fishing andprecautionarysavings (food stock or livestock) are observed in all villages, their relative importance varies across the villages.
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Thus, weakerprecautionarymotives raise wealth inequality between income groups as well as age groups. 31.
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But this is not clear since younger individuals who receive bequests would have a lower demand forprecautionarysaving.
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That might be true, but interpretations of theprecautionaryprinciple are in fact emerging, albeit slowly.
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For various reasons, theprecautionarydemand for farmland, which exists in many impoverished settings, tends to diminish as living standards rise.
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We do not sterilize surgical instruments as aprecautionarymeasure, as we know that an infection is rather probable if we use unclean instruments.
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Aprecautionaryapproach towards risk regulation was also reflected in and reinforced by a number of judicial decisions.
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First, there is aprecautionarydemand for land that can be used for subsistence agriculture and this demand declines as income rises.
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The calculation of lifecycle wealth does not distinguish theprecautionarymotive from the pure life-cycle motive.
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It also extended theprecautionaryprinciple to consumer protection.
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Thus, their objections might in the end be quite useful for proponents of theprecautionaryprinciple.
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However, the elements (1)-(4) and the overall structure is common to most existing prescriptive versions of theprecautionaryprinciple.
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The problem with their argument is that they took theprecautionaryprinciple out of context.
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