Prudent
['pruːd(ə)nt] or ['prʊdnt]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Discreet, cautious, careful, circumspect, wary, considerate, judicious, provident, prudential.[2]. Frugal, economical.
阿尔玛編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Wise, wary, cautious, circumspect, discreet, careful, judicious
ANT:Foolish, unwary, incautious, uncircumspect, indiscreet, rash, imprudent, silly,reckless, audacious
霍华德編輯
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- Consider Mr. Collins's respectability, and Charlotte's steady, prudent character. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- 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? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- 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. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Quite prudent, and take them by all means, urged the host. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- If people only made prudent marriages, what a stop to population there would be! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- 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. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He said he should try, if 't was any way prudent, said the man. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- 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. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They carry themselves high, and as prudent men; and though they are fools, yet would seem to be teachers. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I will be cool, persevering, and prudent. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- How am I to be prudent? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He advanced as near as he considered prudent, and kept on the opposite side of the street, the better to observe her motions. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
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