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From the word’s history

From Middle English caucioun 'bail, guarantee', from Old French caution, from Latin cautiō, from cavēre 'to be on guard'.

經古法文來自拉丁文 cautiō，源自 cavēre「提防」。

Wiktionary

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，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。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

同家族的字

v cautioned cautioned cautioning cautions

n cautions

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。