1ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ, ADJ to-infinitive]小心的;仔细的;谨慎的 If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it. 小心的;仔细的;谨慎的
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。
Careful on those stairs!. [+ on]
走那几段楼梯要当心!
We had to be very careful not to be seen.
我们得小心翼翼,不能被发现。
Pupils will need careful guidance on their choice of options.
小学生在作出选择时需要悉心指导。
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Have a nice time, dear, and drive carefully.
好好玩,亲爱的,开车小心点。
He had chosen his words carefully in declaring that the murderers were madmen.
他在宣布这些杀人犯精神错乱时,措词很谨慎。
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]仔细的;周密的Careful work, thought, or examination is thorough and shows a concern for details. 仔细的;周密的
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。
What we now know about the disease was learned by careful study of diseased organs.
...a vast series of deliberate and carefully planned thefts.
多起蓄谋已久、精心策划的盗窃案
He explained very carefully what he was doing.
他非常详细地解释了自己手头正在做的事。
3ADJ-GRADED 当心的;小心的;慎重的 If you tell someone to be careful about doing something, you think that what they intend to do is probably wrong, and that they should think seriously before they do it. 当心的;小心的;慎重的
I think you should be careful about talking of the rebels as heroes. [+ about/of]
我觉得你说话应该小心,不能把反叛分子当英雄。
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。
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He should think carefully about actions like this which play into the hands of his opponents.
他在采取这种正中对手下怀的行动前应该仔细考虑。
4ADJ-GRADED 节约的;节省的 If you are careful with something such as money or resources, you use or spend only what is necessary. 节约的;节省的
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。
It would force industries to be more careful with natural resources. [+ with]
5PHRASE 越谨慎越好;再小心也不为过 You can say 'You can't be too careful' as a way of advising someone to be careful, even when this seems unnecessary. 越谨慎越好;再小心也不为过 [spoken]
You can't be too careful when a young child is near water.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be小心▸➤make sb使某人小心◇Bitter past experience had made her careful of what she confided to Nadia.過去的痛苦經歷使她向納迪婭吐露心聲時特別小心。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常小心▸➤awfully, especially, particularly, really非常/格外/特別/十分小心◇Be particularly careful when swimming in the lake.在這個湖裏游泳要格外小心。➤scrupulously小心謹慎▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些小心PREPOSITION➤about對⋯小心◇She was very careful about how she spoke to him.她十分注意跟他講話的方式。➤of留意⋯◇He's very careful of his reputation.他很在乎自己的名聲。➤with對⋯謹慎◇She's extremely careful with money.她花錢極為謹慎。