precaution

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n. 预防, 留心, 警戒 vt. 预先警告

发音

/pɹiːˈkɔːʃən/
UK /pɹiːˈkɔː.ʃən/
US /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/
/pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃən/
/pɹiːˈkɑ.ʃn̩/
/pɹɪˈkɑ.ʃən/
/pɹɪˈkɑ.ʃn̩/

词形变化

precautions 复数 precautions precautioned precautioning precautions 三单 precautioning 现在分词 precautioned 过去式 precautioned 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

预防，警惕；预防措施

动词

警惕；预先警告

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good.

    防范

    预防

    用心

    可数 不可数

    his life was saved by precaution

    July 2, 1826, John Henry Newman, The Philosophical Temper, First Enjoined by the Gospel The ancient philosophers treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution.

  2. 2.

    A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.

    可数 不可数

    to take precautions against risks of accident

v.
  1. 1.

    To warn or caution beforehand.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To take precaution against.

    罕用 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

care guard caution safeguard forethought

上位词 5

step measure caution circumspection judiciousness

下位词 2

security backstop

词源

From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.

来源：wiktionary