- 词义辨析
careful of, careful for
这组短语意思并不同:careful of的意思是“注意”,指由于某种原因如利害关系或责任而加以注意; careful for的意思是“关心”,指由于关心挂念而表示关注。试比较:He is careful for her prospects.他关注她的前途。He is careful of her prospects.他注意她的前途。
careful, attentive, cautious, precautious
这组形容词都有“细心的”“谨慎的”意思。它们的区别在于:1.careful修饰具有动作概念的名词时,可译为“细致的”“精心的”,含有靠认真实践来避免错误的意味。例如:One can never be too careful in his work.工作越细心越好。She was careful enough to find this mistake of mine.她相当仔细,发现了我的这一差错。2.attentive指为了理解或改变事物而采取“注意的”或“聚精会神”的态度,有时含有谦恭有礼的意味。例如:Please be more attentive to your studies.请多用点儿心读书。A speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢聚精会神的听众。She was very attentive to her sick sister.她非常关心生病的妹妹。3.cautious指对待某事物时,要仔细考虑各种可能性,所持的态度是“细心的”“谨慎的”,含有要避免危险、谨慎留意、以防出现差错的意味。例如:The students are cautious not to make any mistakes in spelling.学生们在拼写时非常小心。He is a cautious driver.他开车很谨慎。Papa, intensely cautious, never made a decision lightly.爸爸非常谨慎小心,从来不轻易作出决定。She was cautious of strangers.她对陌生人很戒备。4.precautious指对待某事物是“有防备的”“戒备的”“警惕的”,尤指社会场合的谨慎,除非对知己者,否则不愿对他人谈及自己的个人问题,也指担心出差错而事先做好各种防范准备。例如:He was precautious in crossing the rickety bridge.走过这座摇摇晃晃的桥时他小心翼翼。
careful,cautious,attentive,prudent
这些形容词都含有“小心的,谨慎的”之意。careful侧重做事谨慎、留心,特别注意一些细节地方。cautious着重考虑事情的后果,谨慎留意,防止出差错。attentive指认真地注意地倾听别人的意见,留心别人的需要等。prudent指遇事审慎,思考计划周密,不贸然行事。
- 速记技巧
联想记忆法
care(关心);ful(形容词后缀)非常小心翼翼,谨慎的。
- 近义词
- 反义词
- guardedadj.谨慎的,有保留的;
- cautiousadj.小心的,谨慎的;
- thoughtfuladj.沉思的;体贴的;缜密思考过的,深思熟虑的;
- 知识拓展
重要短语
careful in 在…方面小心
careful consideration 深思熟虑;细心考虑
be careful with 小心;照顾
be careful about 当心,注意
- 双语例句 更多例句
If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us.
假如我们谨慎的话,这种灾难不会降临到我们的头上.
《简明英汉词典》
A philosopher once said, "Be careful what you wish for; you might get it."
一位哲学家曾说过:“别轻易许愿——你可能会如愿以偿。”
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This affair will be pinned on one of us if we are not careful.
如果我们不谨慎的话,这件事的责任会落在我们其中一个人的身上.
《简明英汉词典》
There was a careful avoidance of the sensitive topic in the scholastic circles.
学术界小心地避开那个敏感的话题.
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The conscientious researcher is careful to avoid up the pole and omission.
那位一丝不苟的研究人员总是小心谨慎地避免错误或疏漏.
《简明英汉词典》
He really must be careful about thinking aloud. Who knew what he might say?
他的确该注意自己说话不经思索的问题。谁知道他会说些什么?
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- 相关词组
- be careful with照顾,对…过细地;
- careful about讲究,小心,当心;
- be careful of小心,注意;
- be carefuln.注意;当心,小心;
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