precaution
预防措施(pre+caution小心→预先小心→预防)
释义2:
precaution
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◙ noun1. a measure taken in advance to prevent something dangerous, unpleasant, or inconvenient from happening• 预防,防备;警惕 »he had taken the precaution of seeking legal advice. 他已经做好了寻求法律援助的准备。 (precautions)[informal] used euphemistically to refer to contraception• [非正式,婉] 避孕 »we never took precautions. 我们从不采取任何避孕措施。【派生】
♦ precautionary adjective【语源】
1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'prudent foresight'): from French précaution, from late Latin praecautio(n-), from Latin praecavere, from prae 'before' + cavere 'take heed, beware of'
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