Provident
['prɒvɪd(ə)nt] or ['prɑvɪdənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) providing carefully for the future; 'wild squirrels are provident'; 'a provident father plans for his children's education' .
(adj.) careful in regard to your own interests; 'the prudent use and development of resources'; 'wild squirrels are provident' .
編輯:摩尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future.
編輯:罗达
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Careful (for the future), prudent, discreet, cautious, forecasting, frugal, economical.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Forecasting, foreseeing, cautious, considerate
ANT:Improvident, reckless, careless, inconsiderate
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例句/造句/用法:
- From every provident point of view his mother was so undoubtedly right, that he was not without a sickness of heart in finding he could shake her. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- If they were more provident and less perverse, ma'am, what would they do? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Conservation had the virtue of arising out of a provident statesmanship, but its problems were largely technical. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Really, you are quite provident. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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