Circumspect
['sɜːkəmspekt] or ['sɝkəm'spɛkt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) heedful of potential consequences; 'circumspect actions'; 'physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use'; 'a discreet investor' .
本校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary.
桃瑞丝整理
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Cautious, wary, careful, watchful, heedful, considerate, judicious, vigilant, attentive, discreet, prudent; not rash, heedless, or headlong.
哈伦校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Cautious, wary, careful, heedful, attentive, prudent, watchful, scrupulous,vigilant
ANT:Heedless, incautious, careless, reckless, invigilant, incircumspect
校對:杜鲁门
解釋/意思:
adj. looking round on all sides watchfully: cautious: prudent.—n. Circumspec′tion watchfulness: caution: examining.—adj. Circumspec′tive looking around: wary.—adv. Cir′cumspectly.—n. Cir′cumspectness.
編輯:纽曼
例句/造句/用法:
- But on the subject of Count Fosco (who interests me infinitely more than his wife), Laura is provokingly circumspect and silent. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Lydgate smiled, but he was bent on being circumspect. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- We must be circumspect, for we are dealing with a very cunning man. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He remembered Will's irritability when he had mentioned Mrs. Casaubon, and was the more circumspect. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- In later life Edison has been more circumspect, but throughout his early career he was constantly getting into some kind of scrape. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
編輯:纽曼