caveat

英 [ˈkæviæt]

美 [ˈkæviæt]

n.  警告; 告诫

复数：caveats　

GRE经济

BNC.15157 / COCA.11411

牛津词典

noun

• 警告；告诫
  a warning that particular things need to be considered before sth can be done

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 警告;事先声明;注意事项
  Acaveatis a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement.
  1. With the caveat that almost every figure in this survey is suspect, it can at least be said that the world travel and tourism industry is huge...
     尽管事先声明此项调查报告中的每个数字都不可靠，但至少可以说，世界旅游观光业的市场庞大。
  2. There was one caveat: he was not to enter into a merger or otherwise weaken the Roche family's control of the firm.
     有一点需要预先声明：他不得参与合并，或以其他方式削弱罗奇家族对该公司的控制。

英英释义

noun

• (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing
  1. a caveat filed against the probate of a will
• a warning against certain acts
  1. a caveat against unfair practices
  Synonym:caution

双语例句

• There was one caveat: he was not to enter into a merger or otherwise weaken the Roche family's control of the firm.
  有一点需要预先声明：他不得参与合并，或以其他方式削弱罗奇家族对该公司的控制。
• A caveat here is appropriate.
  这里的警告是适当的。
• Talking about the communes, at the outset, we think that a caveat is due.
  在一开始就谈论公社，我们认为可能会是件犯忌的事儿。
• I would just add one caveat to the suggestions in this article.
  我只想补充一书的建议，在这篇文章。
• Caveat: Participants self-reported their finger lengths, raising the possibility of error.
  警告：参赛者自报自己的手指长度，提高了错误的可能性。
• The one caveat to this trick is that you both need to be logged in as the same user.
  关于此技巧需要注意的一点是，双方需要以同一用户登录。
• There's just one caveat: SQLObject won't let you change the primary key of an object.
  这只是一个警告：SQLObject不允许更改对象的主键。
• Within the hour, though, a worrisome caveat came to light.
  但是，还不到一小时，就出现了令人担忧的警告。
• But there is a crucial caveat: how much worse might the politics get?
  但这里有一个关键问题：政治状况会恶化到何等程度？
• One caveat with this trial, as with any study of this kind, is that it does not take into account the possible impact of second-line therapy.
  需要提醒的是，与任何一个同类的研究一样，此试验未考虑二线治疗的可能影响。