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核心畫面

Picture someone moving slowly because they can see what could go wrong — testing the ice before putting weight on it. That carefulness is the word. Pass it to someone else and it becomes a warning; put it in a police officer's mouth and the warning becomes an official act with legal weight; and one old phrase describes throwing the whole thing away.

可以想成：一個人走得很慢，因為他看得見哪裡可能出事——先踩一下冰面，再把重量放上去。這份小心就是這個字。把它傳給別人…更多收起可以想成：一個人走得很慢，因為他看得見哪裡可能出事——先踩一下冰面，再把重量放上去。這份小心就是這個字。把它傳給別人，就變成提醒；放進警察口中，那個提醒就成了具有法律效力的正式動作；另外還有一句老話，講的是把這份小心整個扔掉。

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提醒別人小心

把自己的那份小心說出來給對方：讓他也看見可能出事的地方。

caution, warn · verb · B2

To tell someone to be careful, because something may be dangerous or may go wrong.

告誡；提醒小心

警方的正式警告

同樣是提醒，但由警方發出，於是這句話本身變成一個有紀錄、有後果的正式動作。

caution, police warning · noun · C1

An official spoken warning that a police officer gives to someone who has broken a small rule, instead of taking the case to court.

（警方的）正式警告

把謹慎拋開

反過來用：明知該小心，卻決定不小心了——所以這句話總是帶著一點冒險的興奮。

throw caution to the winds · noun · C1

Used in the phrase "throw caution to the winds", which means to stop being careful and do something risky anyway.

拋開謹慎

Also in this word

caution, carefulness · noun · B2

Great care that you take so that you do not get hurt or make a mistake.

謹慎；小心

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

cautionnoun/ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/

  • 1

    Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.

    • take caution
    • have caution
  • 2

    A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.

    • The guideline expressed caution against excessive radiographic imaging.
  • 3

    Security; guaranty; bail.

    • The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be vigorously prosecuted.
  • 4

    datedOne who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.

    • Oh, that boy, he's a caution! He does make me laugh.
    • ‘You are a caution,’ she said, when she came out. ‘I don't understand you.’
  • 5

    lawA formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.

  • 6

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesA yellow card.

cautionverb/ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/

  • 1

    To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.

    • "Careful, Uwe," cautions my Venezuelan explorer friend, José Miguel Pérez, with a grim smile. "You're too big for us to carry back down."
    • In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.”
  • 2

    lawTo read someone their formal legal rights as part of a lawful arrest.

    • They're under arrest. Caution them, will you?
  • 3

    ball-gamesgameshobbiesTo give a yellow card.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。