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单词 cautious
释义
cautious
adjective
uk
/ˈkɔː.ʃəs/us
/ˈkɑː.ʃəs/
B2
Someone who is cautiousavoidsrisks:
谨慎的，细心的，小心翼翼的
He's a cautiousdriver.他开车很小心。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
avoiding risk
  • carefulBe careful! I don't want you to fall!
  • cautiousShe's a very cautious driver.
  • play it safeI think I'll play it safe and take the earlier train.
  • risk-averseRisk-averse investors will want to stay away from the company's initial public offering.
  • charyI'm a bit chary of accidentally offending our hosts.
  • better safe than sorryIt's probably nothing more than a headache, but we'll order a round of tests - better safe than sorry.
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B2
A cautiousactioniscareful, wellconsidered, and sometimessloworuncertain:
经过仔细考虑的，斟酌过的
a cautiousapproach谨慎的方式
cautiouscriticism小心谨慎的批评
cautious optimism
afeelingthat there are somereasonstohopefor a goodresult,evenif you do notexpectcompletesuccessorimprovement:
审慎的乐观态度
Environmentalgroupsareexpressingcautiousoptimismthat anagreementtoprotecttheareacan bereached.
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  • Theprimeministerwasextremelycautious, saying nothinginflammatoryand giving nohostagestofortune.
  • Judging fromyourexamresults, Ithinkyou havecausefor cautiousoptimismabout getting auniversityplace.
  • Theirsupportersgave thedecisiona cautiouswelcome.
  • He is too cautious to be agreatleader.
  • Ithinkyou should be cautious abouttryingtochangetheirviews.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cautious and vigilant
  • abundance
  • an abundance of cautionidiom
  • askance
  • attentive
  • attentively
  • conservatively
  • diligence
  • diligent
  • discreet
  • due diligence
  • meticulous
  • meticulously
  • meticulousness
  • mindful
  • minutely
  • sedulous
  • sedulously
  • slowly
  • super-cautious
  • super-conservative
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Paying attention and being careful

Related words

cautiously
cautiousness
(Definition ofcautiousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
cautious
adjective
uk
/ˈkɔː.ʃəs/us
/ˈkɑː.ʃəs/
B2
Someone who is cautiousavoidsrisks.
谨慎的，细心的，小心翼翼的
He's a cautiousdriver.他开车很小心。
B2
A cautiousactioniscareful, wellconsidered, and sometimessloworuncertain.
经过仔细考虑的，斟酌过的
a cautiousapproach谨慎的方式
cautiouscriticism小心谨慎的批评
cautious optimism
afeelingthat there are somereasonstohopefor a goodresult,evenif you do notexpectcompletesuccessorimprovement
审慎的乐观态度
More examples
  • Theprimeministerwasextremelycautious, saying nothinginflammatoryand giving nohostagestofortune.
  • Judging fromyourexamresults, Ithinkyou havecausefor cautiousoptimismabout getting auniversityplace.
  • Theirsupportersgave thedecisiona cautiouswelcome.
  • He is too cautious to be agreatleader.
  • Ithinkyou should be cautious abouttryingtochangetheirviews.

cautiously

adverbuk
/ˈkɔː.ʃəs.li/us
/ˈkɑː.ʃəs.li/
in a cautious way
谨慎地，小心翼翼地

cautious| American Dictionary

cautious
adjective
us
/ˈkɔ·ʃəs/
notactingquicklyinordertoavoidrisks;careful:
Mostdoctorsare cautious aboutadvisingyou to havesurgery.
Autocompaniesare taking a cautiousapproachtowardintroducingelectriccars.

cautiously

adverbus
/ˈkɔ·ʃəs·li/
She was in thehabitofdrivingcautiously.
(Definition ofcautiousfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

cautious| Business English

cautious
adjective
uk
/ˈkɔːʃəs/us
verycarefulabout what you do or say andunwillingto takerisksbecause youwanttoavoidpossibleproblems:
be cautious about sth/about doing sthBusinesses havebecomecautious aboutspendingontechnology.
a cautious approach/strategyHe said thegroupwouldcontinueitscautiousapproachtoexpandingin Japan until itbetterunderstoodthemarket.
cautious optimism
afeelingthat you can behopefulabout asituationalthoughyourealizethat there still could beproblems:
There is cautiousoptimismfor asuccessfuloutcomefor thefinancialyear.

cautiously

adverb
Textile andgarmentcompaniesinChinareactedcautiously to theannouncement.
(Definition ofcautiousfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcautious

cautious
Accordingly, their physicians are generally morecautiousand less inclined to 'switch-over' to new brands unless proved to be absolutely essential or decidedly superior.
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Coupled with the volume's empirical breadth, thiscautiousoptimism helps make the authors' arguments both honest and valuable.
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We must becautiousin attributing motivation to an observed behaviour.
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The political decision process in 1992 resulted in a pragmatic andcautiousapproach when spelling out the details of the reform.
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We must therefore becautiousin the conclusions we draw from this review of notes of patient contacts.
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Second, the author maintains a direct yetcautioustone throughout the book.
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With oral sources, in particular, the historian must remain extremelycautious.
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We need, then, to becautiousabout approaching such marginal annotation as obvious evidence of reading practice and intellectual meaning.
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Whilecautiousof the sample size underpinning these conclusions, it was also found that consistent trustees had at least undergraduate education and relevant professional qualifications.
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We werecautiouswith our dosing schedule f or fear of prec ipitating an ag itated delir ium but observed no evidence to suggest this.
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We must becautious, however, since the plan type affects the types of workers attracted to a firm.
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In such cases, acautioustokenizer produces alternative segmentations postponing the decision to a later processing stage.
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In our numerical example, the cost of allowing the other central bank to learn dominates so optimal monetary policy strategy iscautious.
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Active learning in the absence of coordination gives central banks an incentive to followcautiousstrategies, thereby slowing learning and avoiding conflict.
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In providing an answer to the other two questions she has a tendency (wisely) to becautiousand equivocates (p. 251).
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