Careful in a looking-all-around way: you think before you move, because you do not want to walk into trouble. A circumspect person is not frozen with fear; they still act, but they check the edges first — money, feelings, the law, what other people might think.

Careful in a looking-all-around way一種東張西望式的小心： you think before you move你在行動之前會先想清楚， because you do not want to walk into trouble因為你不想惹上麻煩。A circumspect person is not frozen with fear一個circumspect的人不會嚇得動彈不得； they still act他們還是會行動， but they check the edges first但會先檢查周圍的狀況—— money, feelings, the law, what other people might think金錢、感受、法律，還有別人可能會怎麼想。

It is a somewhat formal adjective. With friends you would say careful or cautious.

It is a somewhat formal adjective這是個有點正式的形容詞。With friends you would say careful or cautious跟朋友講話時，你會說careful或cautious。

It is not the same as suspicious (ready to believe something is wrong) and not the same as timid (afraid to act at all).

It is not the same as suspicious它跟suspicious不一樣， (ready to believe something is wrong)suspicious是隨時準備相信有事情不對勁； and not the same as timid它也跟timid不一樣， (afraid to act at all)timid是害怕到完全不敢行動。

The old picture behind the word is “looking around,” the opposite of tunnel vision — more like glancing left and right before you step than staring at one spot. A periscope looks around too, though that word is built from Greek pieces, not these Latin ones.

The old picture behind the word is "looking around,"這個字背後古老的畫面是『環顧四周』， the opposite of tunnel vision跟隧道視野正好相反—— more like glancing left and right before you step than staring at one spot比較像是在踏出腳步前左右張望，而不是死盯著一個點。A periscope looks around tooperiscope潛望鏡也是用來環顧四周的， though that word is built from Greek pieces, not these Latin ones不過那個字是由希臘字根組成的，不是這裡的拉丁字根。