precaution

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɹiːˈkɔː.ʃən/    美 /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good. countable,uncountable
    — his life was saved by precaution
  2. A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act. countable,uncountable
    — to take precautions against risks of accident
动词 v.
  1. To warn or caution beforehand. transitive
  2. To take precaution against. rare,transitive

词形变化

precautions plural precautions present,singular,third-person precautioning participle,present precautioned participle,past precautioned past

词汇关系

近义词
forecaution
衍生词
overprecaution precautional precautionary unprecautioned
相关词
prevention

词源

词源 1
From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.
词源 2
From French précaution, Latin praecautio, from praecavere, praecautum (“to guard against beforehand”); prae (“before”) + cavere (“be on one's guard”). See pre-, and caution.
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