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Judicious means done in a sensible, careful way — you looked, you thought, you did not rush. A judicious choice is a wise one. A judicious use of time or money means you spent it well, not wildly.
Judicious means done in a sensible, careful wayjudicious指的是做得明智、謹慎 you looked, you thought, you did not rush你有觀察、有思考,也沒有貿然行動 A judicious choice is a wise one一個judicious的選擇就是明智的選擇 A judicious use of time or moneyjudicious地使用時間或金錢 means you spent it well, not wildly代表你花得很得當,不是亂花
The word praises the quality of the decision, not a court. It is a little formal and a little old-fashioned in speech; teachers, , and careful writers like it.
The word praises the quality of the decision這個字稱讚的是決定的品質 not a court跟法院沒有關係 It is a little formal and a little old-fashioned in speech在口語裡它有點正式、也有點老派 teachers, reviewers, and careful writers like it老師、評論者和講究的寫作者很喜歡用它
Though actually, it looks like judicial, and that is a famous trap: judicial is “of judges and courts.” Judicious kept the older idea of “having good judgment” and walked away from the courtroom. You can be judicious about cooking, saving, or speaking; no wig required.
Though actually不過其實 it looks like judicial它長得很像judicial and that is a famous trap這點常常讓人搞混 judicial is “of judges and courts.”judicial指的是「法官和法院」的 Judicious kept the older idea of “having good judgment”judicious保留了較舊的「有良好判斷力」的意思 and walked away from the courtroom而跟法庭脫離了關係 You can be judicious about cooking, saving, or speaking你在做菜、存錢或說話上都可以judicious no wig required不需要戴上法官的假髮
組成From French judicieux, ultimately from Latin iūdicō (“I judge”). Related to judge and judicial, but the meaning here is “showing good judgment,” not “of a court.”
同家族的字
- judgesame Latin iūdicō; here it is the ‘good judgment’ side
- judicialsame Latin root, different meaning: courts, not wisdom
- judiciouslythe adverb, judicious + -ly
原始詞典資料1 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。
judiciousadj/dʒuˈdɪʃ.əs/
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Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
- Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, […]
- One hall called Civil Law Hall or School, flouriſhed about this time (though in its buildings decayed) by the care of the learned and judicious Dr. Will. Warham Principal or Moderator thereof [...]
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。