careful

英 ['keəfʊl; -f(ə)l] 美['kɛrfl]
  • adj. 仔细的,小心的

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词态变化


副词: carefully;名词: carefulness;

英英释意


1. exercising caution or showing care or attention;
"they were careful when crossing the busy street"
"be careful to keep her shoes clean"
"did very careful research"
"careful art restorers"
"careful of the rights of others"
"careful about one's behavior"
2. cautiously attentive;
"careful of her feelings"
"heedful of his father's advice"
3. with care and dignity;
"walking at the same measured pace"
"with all deliberate speed"
4. full of cares or anxiety;
"Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41
5. mindful of the future in spending money;
"careful with money"

英文词源


careful (adj.)
Old English cearful "mournful, sad," also "full of care or woe; anxious; full of concern" (for someone or something), thus "applying attention, painstaking, circumspect;" from care (n.) + -ful.

同义词辨析


careful, cautious, attentive, prudent

这些形容词均含有"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。

考试真题


Michael Soupios suggests that we should stop and think carefully about our priorities in lifeAncient philosophers strongly advise that we do good.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Any product that promises to protect your home deserves careful examination.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

They listen carefully to their opponents' views.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But you can't force the child to think carefully, enjoy books, digest complex information, or develop a taste for learning.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

The Healthy Choice product line was carefully tested with consumers before being introduced to the general public.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

In the next couple of years the businesses that thrive will be those that are tight with costs, careful of debt, cautious with cash flow and extremely attentive to what customers want.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

A better way to solve this problem might be for all of us to be more careful with our things.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

For example, one who doesn't know the rules a about plagiarism (剽窃) may accidentally use words or ideas without giving proper credit or one who fails to keep careful research notes may unintentionally fail to quote and cite sources as required.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Children should be taught to be more careful.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

Sure, but whatever you do, be careful not to overdo it.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

But let's be careful about demanding curiosity about the other side's weaknesses and remaining determinedly incurious about our own.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

If you are not careful it will come around and bite you.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, whose groundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate ( ' , 前列腺) cancer? Is the latest and most expensive cholesterol-lowering drug any better than its common competitors? The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

People who live, hunt or fish near bird coloniesneed to be careful, the researchers say, The birds don’t mean to cause harm, but the chemicals they carry can cause major problems.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Now what’s interesting about the theory is what do you have if you only have one out of three or two out of three? What do you have and how is it different if you have a different two out of three? What’s interesting about this kind of theorizing is it gives rise to many different combinations that can be quite interesting when you break them down and start to look at them carefully.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

To be effective, environmental messages should be carefully framed.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Job seekers should all be careful about their affiliations.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Cialdini recommends some careful framing of the message.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

With money and careful planning, we can boost efficiency up to a point.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

My idea would be to combine that with careful oversight, a strong organizational culture, and make sure the goals that you use are going to be constructive and not significantly harm the organization," Schweitzer says.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

Something else they need to be careful about is medicines.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

But Delia was careful not to adopt the defensive tone.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

She expects that this will make women more careful when they walk around Green Ville alone at night Fortunately, there were usually no murders in Green Ville

出自-2011年6月听力原文

Is surgery, radiation or careful monitoring best for prostate cancer?

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, whose groundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family life.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Pipitone says you do have to be careful?

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The results of her decades worth of careful observations were detailed paintings and descriptions of European insects, followed by unconventional visuals and stories of insects and animals from a land that most at the time could only imagine.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Through careful preparation, the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3, 500.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Because soaps and other wastes can harm waterways, be careful your washing water doesn't pollute the sea, lakes and rivers.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

But station residents have to be careful about staying in one place too long.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

However, be careful not to go to extremes.

2017年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文

If we are not careful, then, we could face a kind of global chess match against very determined, super intelligent machines whose objectives conflict with our own, with the real world as the chessboard.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

She was a very caring/careful mother.

2016年高考英语四川卷 语法填空 原文

Still, I would rather be a bit more careful and live in a large city than to feel safe but dull.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Training for a marathon requires careful preparation and steady, gradual increases in the length of the runs.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

You must be careful with the camera.

2015年高考英语四川卷 单项填空 原文

Most archaeological sites have been located by means of careful searching, while many others have been discovered by accident.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

Further arrangements- and there may be many-between the NHS and DeepMind will be carefully scrutinised to ensure that all necessary permissions have been asked of patients and all unnecessary data has been cleaned.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the bible that he heard in puritan churches.

2009年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Still, we need to be careful not to accuse opponents of bad arguments too quickly.

2020年考研真题(英语一)翻译 Section Ⅲ

实用场景例句


a careful piece of work
精雕细琢的作品

牛津词典

a careful examination of the facts
对事实的仔细调查

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After careful consideration we have decided to offer you the job.
经过慎重考虑后,我们决定给你这份工作。

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Please listen carefully.
请仔细地听。

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She put the glass down carefully.
她小心翼翼地放下玻璃杯。

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Drive carefully.
小心开车。

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Don't stay out in the sun for too long─you can't be too careful.
别在太阳底下待得太久,你得尽量小心。

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Be careful!
小心!

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He was careful to keep out of sight.
他小心翼翼地躲开别人的视线。

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Be careful not to wake the baby.
注意别吵醒了宝宝。

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You must be careful when handling chemicals.
接触化学药品必须小心谨慎。

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Be careful of the traffic.
注意交通安全。

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Please be careful with my glasses (= Don't break them) .
请当心别打碎我的眼镜。

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Be careful you don't bump your head.
留神别撞了头。

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I think you should be careful about talking of the rebels as heroes...
我觉得你说话应该小心,不能把反叛分子当英雄。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It is important, I think, for everyone to be careful about claiming victory.
我想,每个人宣布胜利时都应该慎重。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You will have to make a special effort to train your child to be careful with her pocket-money...
你得格外注意培养孩子的节俭意识,零花钱要省着花。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It would force industries to be more careful with natural resources.
这将迫使企业更加节约资源。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You can't be too careful when a young child is near water.
孩子在水边时,还是越小心越好。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Be very careful with this stuff, it can be dangerous if it isn't handled properly...
这东西一定要小心,稍不注意的话就会有危险。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Careful on those stairs!...
走那几段楼梯要当心!

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He has decided to prosecute her after careful consideration of all the relevant facts...
在认真考虑了所有相关事实后,他决定起诉她。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

What we now know about the disease was learned by careful study of diseased organs.
我们目前对该疾病的认识是通过对病变器官的仔细研究得来的。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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.

《简明英汉词典》

Masonry is a careful skill.
砖石工艺是一种精心的技艺.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

It's chilly outside; be careful not to catch cold.
外面有点冷, 当心着凉.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The captain is careful for the safety of the passengers.
船长关注旅客们的安全.

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