precaution
🇬🇧 UK/pri'kɒ:ʃәn/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
An action taken in advance to prevent danger, harm, or failure.
预防措施,防范措施;谨慎,小心
v.
To warn or caution someone beforehand.
预先警告,事先提醒
🧩 Root Breakdown
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- 1.take a precaution采取预防措施
- 2.as a precaution作为预防措施
- 3.safety precaution安全防范措施
- 4.necessary precaution必要的预防措施
Example Sentences
- 1.
Wearing a helmet is a basic precaution every cyclist should take.
- 2.
As a precaution, the hospital isolated patients showing flu-like symptoms.
- 3.
She took the precaution of backing up all her files before updating the software.