| 单词 | careful |
| 释义 | careful (keəʳfʊl ) 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] A2 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. Be very careful with this stuff, it can be dangerous if it isn't handled properly. Careful on those stairs! [+ on] We had to be very careful not to be seen. Pupils will need careful guidance on their choice of options. carefully adverb [ADVERB with verb] A2 Have a nice time, dear, and drive carefully. He had chosen his words carefully in declaring that the murderers were madmen. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1 Careful work, thought, or examination is thorough and shows a concern for details. He has decided to prosecute her after careful consideration of all the relevant facts. What we now know about the disease was learned by careful study of diseased organs. Synonyms: thorough, full, particular, accurate carefully adverb [ADVERB with verb] B1+ ...a vast series of deliberate and carefully planned thefts. He explained very carefully what he was doing. 3. adjective 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. I think you should be careful about talking of the rebels as heroes. [+ about/of] It is important, I think, for everyone to be careful about claiming victory. carefully adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1 He should think carefully about actions like this which play into the hands of his opponents. 4. adjective If you are careful with something such as money or resources, you use or spend only what is necessary. You will have to make a special effort to train your child to be careful with her pocket-money. It would force industries to be more careful with natural resources. [+ with] Synonyms: prudent, sparing, economical, canny 5. you can't be too careful phrase You can say 'You can't be too careful' as a way of advising someone to be careful, even when this seems unnecessary. [spoken] You can't be too careful when a young child is near water. Quotations: Softly, softly, catchee monkey Collocations: careful consideration Very careful consideration is taken by our members when doing their job in administering the law. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Exactly what form this should take needs careful consideration. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But the cons need careful consideration, too. Times, Sunday Times (2017) The degree of protection of the individual concerned needs careful consideration. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This is not about banning listening to music but about careful consideration of the risks of listening to loud music for too long. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It was chosen as such following weeks of careful deliberation and constant reconsidering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those in my home province, after careful deliberation, decided to follow a lord who practises benevolent governance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These do not sound like the careful deliberations of a department putting troops first. Times, Sunday Times The two most destructive times in a church fellowship are when (a) no one listens or (b) we listen to someone and act without careful evaluation. Christianity Today The size of the third programme was determined in the light of a careful evaluation of the recent experience under the second programme. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was quick to dissipate cynicism and believed that careful evaluation and interpretation was the best approach to his work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Through careful evaluation of the firm's industry, environment and available resources, the optimal strategy and clear direction can be determined. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Careful evaluations of these programs should identify which are most effective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The conduct of the police in the first, clearly botched, investigation needs to be subjected to careful examination. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Common sense tells you her claims need careful examination. The Sun (2012) The impact on employers needs careful examination. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A careful examination revealed cerebriform folding of the skin of the scalp. 2016, 'Cutis verticis gyrata in a patient with multiple basal cell carcinomas; case presentation and review of the literature', Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences You also know who you can rely on and who will need careful handling. The Sun (2008) Your success can stir jealousy and this needs careful handling. The Sun (2006) All kinds of people are keen to share secrets with you - this needs careful handling. The Sun (2016) Large cases need careful handling but individual ones transport and store better. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Careful listening and compassionate flexibility were critical in this case, flexibility right to the end. Times, Sunday Times When it comes to love, you're not interested in guessing games, so straight talk and careful listening can add to a partnership. The Sun It demands careful listening, and lets the language be fresh and strange while the characters set about digging their separate pits of solitude. Times, Sunday Times Instead of second-guessing what people want, ask a few straightforward questions and do some careful listening. The Sun With some careful listening, you should be able to work out which one. Times, Sunday Times When buying a property, you should always take a careful look at the neighbours. Times, Sunday Times A careful look at the data suggests that these different geographies result from the two parties mobilising different kinds of discontented voters. Times, Sunday Times Take a careful look at the state of the kitchen and bathroom: replacing these can cost thousands. Times, Sunday Times We've seen a deer move silently down the sun-baked mountainside to the cool waters of a stream and, after a careful look about, drink his fill. Christianity Today Anyone else needs to take a very careful look at the best ticket type - or baggage allowance. The Sun For example, it seems intuitive that ranchers were the most natural stewards of the remaining tallgrass, and stood to benefit most by its careful management. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They include two-metre distancing, the blocking out of every other treadmill, enhanced cleaning and careful management of the changing rooms and showers. Times,Sunday Times Raising fees from 9,000 a year would be politically fraught, however, which makes careful management even more important. Times, Sunday Times All these buildings need careful management so that future generations may experience them. Times, Sunday Times It needs careful management and increased capital to pay someone to run your farm. Times, Sunday Times By careful measurements with dynamometers he validated his theory that a versed sine wave produces the ideal shape. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, by making careful measurements of pigments, close approximations can be made. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If a piece did not fit, more careful measurements were made and a new piece was cut and tested. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The largest trees were cut long before careful measurements could be made. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By careful measurements he was led to conclude that, common air consists of one part of dephlogisticated air oxygen, mixed with four of phlogisticated nitrogen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This stage involves careful monitoring of food labels. Times, Sunday Times But it can cause bleeding, needs careful monitoring and can be upset by other medication. The Sun One recent innovation has been the careful monitoring of patients during treatment, with tests to check their tumours and reactions. Times, Sunday Times His heating costs about 200 a quarter — with careful monitoring. The Sun This will require careful monitoring of when to run the engine in full performance mode. Times, Sunday Times And yes, for careful placement of your pieces, tweezers are included. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They take so long to grow that sometimes, with careful placement, you can skip ahead to a future phase and plant a shade tree ahead of time. Globe and Mail It was discovered later that careful placement of a speaker on a sharp-edged baffle can reduce diffraction-caused response problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Slice work under a microscope also allows for careful placement of the recording electrode, which would not be possible in the closed in vivo system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This involves careful placement of extracellular and intracellular electrodes in a single neuron. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then you can pick the best one and add the careful planning to make it work. The Sun (2012) In the careful planning of our subterfuge - for which we were now being punished by Florence falling horrendously ill? TIME OF THE WOLF It would take careful planning and a good deal of time to purchase such a variety of items all with the same use-by date. SUMMER OF SECRETS (2003) But whatever system you choose, remember that careful positioning of the speakers creates superior sound. Times, Sunday Times Such careful positioning seems characteristic. Times, Sunday Times By the careful positioning of focal points such as statues and by the use of height, you can encourage both the eye and the body to move around the garden. Times, Sunday Times Careful positioning of the subwoofer within the room can also help flatten the frequency response. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, this led him to develop a style of drawing composed of thousands of lines, whose careful positioning next to one another produced variations in density and shade. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This bold approach, justified by careful reading of contemporaneous sources, gives the music a singularly dramatic lift. Times, Sunday Times Through careful reading, archival research and firsthand experience he acquired an encyclopaedic knowledge of architectural history. Times, Sunday Times Preambles on prints of silent films don't always reward careful reading. Times, Sunday Times As a scholar, on the other hand, he was highly educated, and eager to promote scrupulous and careful reading of difficult works. The Times Literary Supplement Careful reading, however, revealed that there was a flaw in the plan: the plotters couldn't agree who should replace her. Times, Sunday Times But on careful reflection, these are all very fine qualities. Times, Sunday Times Progress in the subject was possible because careful reflection could expose the flaws in the crude responses to philosophical conundrums that we are initially disposed to give. Times, Sunday Times These matters are complex and call for patient and careful reflection. The Times Literary Supplement A careful review of all the information and a bit of logic showed that there was no need to panic. Times, Sunday Times A ratio this low also warrants a careful review of cash flow and reserve levels. Christianity Today Despite the dangers, though, the hazards of avoiding a careful review are even greater. Christianity Today Scientists accepted that the results were modest, and only showed statistical significance in one type of analysis, but insisted that they held up under careful review. Times, Sunday Times It was clear that the commission had undertaken a careful review. Times, Sunday Times The effectiveness of whatever steps that are taken need careful scrutiny, as well as the inevitable counter-measures. Times, Sunday Times Next week a company comes to market that again demands careful scrutiny, lest investors and owners of pension funds once more find themselves bilked. Times, Sunday Times Careful scrutiny of the fixture lists will be required to see where your resources can best be deployed. Times, Sunday Times There are complex issues behind these stories that need careful scrutiny. Times, Sunday Times Selecting the right consultant to lead a fund-raising campaign takes careful scrutiny. Christianity Today But if you believe that equities are heading upwards it offers a way, by careful selection, of gaining exposure to this. Times, Sunday Times In fact, a commitment to run more than one person for each position can undo a careful selection process. Christianity Today By careful selection of bulls he helped to turn the farm away from dairy and towards beef, and won many fatstock shows. Times, Sunday Times In any other sector, this would be implausible, the product of careful selection of statistics. Times, Sunday Times He isn't short of strong opinions but in our conversation they were delivered flatly, with a reliance on careful selection of unambiguous words to stress his points. Times, Sunday Times The pages are so delicate that it took three hours to switch it to a special stand under careful supervision. The Sun Deep dives should be made only after a gradual training to test the individual diver's sensitivity to increasing depths, with careful supervision and logging of reactions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the school took possession of the building, the stairwell was enlarged, but under careful supervision in respect to the building's status as a protected historical monument. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The surroundings of a pool need careful thought. The Education of a Gardener (1994) Tree planting in a public park requires careful thought. The Education of a Gardener (1994) Any hair transplant is a serious procedure and requires careful thought and consideration, especially taking into account the fact that it offers permanent results. The Sun (2016) Some areas will need careful thought ; tax is a case in point. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Seeking to dodge this problem requires either a marked lack of tact or incredibly careful timing. Times, Sunday Times However, careful timing may mitigate the take-down notice. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The game also features blinking platforms, which can only be used for bouncing when visible, requiring careful timing from the player. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Careful timing and positional control allows the player to intentionally direct the ball in a range of directions with various levels of velocity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This style of operation did require careful timing on the part of the host, to ensure the data was available when the print head reached the proper position. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not surprisingly business schools are keeping a careful watch. Times, Sunday Times Keep a careful watch on your crops. The Sun Furthermore, there would need to be several tests taken and careful watch over possible target populations in order to quickly spot other new outbreaks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, a careful watch at the frontier denied these the opportunity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They also kept careful watch of the horizon right after sunset and just before dawn to note the order and position of the stars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 小心的 Japanese: 注意深い |
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