precautionary

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a. 预先警戒的, 预防的, 留心的

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词形变化

precautionaries 复数 precautionaries more precautionary 比较级 most precautionary 最高级

别名

precautional

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A precaution.

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.

    The port cities were quarantined as a precautionary measure, though no cases of the disease had been found.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

precautional

近义相关 2

preventive preventative

词源

From precaution + -ary.

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