Prudent
['pruːd(ə)nt] or ['prʊdnt]
解释:
(adj.) careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; 'a prudent manager'; 'prudent rulers'; 'prudent hesitation'; 'more prudent to hide than to fight' .
贝丽尔整理--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior.
(a.) Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money.
埃塞尔手打
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Discreet, cautious, careful, circumspect, wary, considerate, judicious, provident, prudential.[2]. Frugal, economical.
阿尔玛编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Wise, wary, cautious, circumspect, discreet, careful, judicious
ANT:Foolish, unwary, incautious, uncircumspect, indiscreet, rash, imprudent, silly,reckless, audacious
霍华德编辑
解释:
adj. cautious and wise in conduct: careful: discreet: dictated by forethought: frugal.—n. Pru′dence quality of being prudent: wisdom applied to practice: attention to self-interest: caution.—adj. Pruden′tial using or practising prudence.—n. a matter for prudence (generally pl.).—n. Prudential′ity.—advs. Pruden′tially; Pru′dently.
休整理
例句:
- Consider Mr. Collins's respectability, and Charlotte's steady, prudent character. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Why, Tom, you must know I know the moSt. O, Mas'r, haven't you jest read how he hides from the wise and prudent, and reveals unto babes? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- I steeled myself against the delusion; the room itself was vacant: it was only prudent, I repeated to myself, to examine the rest of the house. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Quite prudent, and take them by all means, urged the host. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Neither one of the couple cared for money, but their disdain of it took the form of always spending a little more than was prudent. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- By which the reader may conceive an idea of the ingenuity of that people, as well as the prudent and exact economy of so great a prince. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- After a while and when it might be prudent, if you should want to slip Tom, Jack, or Richard on board a foreign packet-boat, there he is--ready. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- He said he should try, if 't was any way prudent, said the man. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- They carry themselves high, and as prudent men; and though they are fools, yet would seem to be teachers. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- I will be cool, persevering, and prudent. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- How am I to be prudent? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He advanced as near as he considered prudent, and kept on the opposite side of the street, the better to observe her motions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
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