| 单词 | prudence |
| 释义 | prudence (once / 358 pages) n Use the noun prudence to describe sensible decisions about everyday life, like the prudence of people who spend their money wisely, saving as much as they can. Prudence can also describe the skill of side-stepping trouble or embarrassment, like having the prudence to avoid risks or the prudence to prepare for the unexpected, like packing a change of clothes in case the weather changes or your dinner reservations turn out to be at a fancy restaurant. Prudence comes from the Latin word prudentia, which means "foresight, sagacity." WORD FAMILYprudence: prudences, prudential+/imprudence: imprudences/imprudent: imprudence, imprudenter, imprudently/prudent: imprudent, prudence, prudenter, prudentest, prudently/prudential: prudentially USAGE EXAMPLESAnd so each celebrity death was greeted, with black humor, as an act of prudence. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Dear Prudence, My husband and I recently moved into his children’s school district. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) Ask me your questions on the voice mail of the Dear Prudence podcast. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) 1n discretion in practical affairs Ant|Hypo|Hyper imprudence a lack of caution in practical affairs providence the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources frugality, frugalnessprudence in avoiding waste foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulnessprovidence by virtue of planning prudently for the future parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thriftextreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily economy, thriftinessfrugality in the expenditure of money or resources natural virtue (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature discernment, discretionthe trait of judging wisely and objectively 2n knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumspection, discreetness, discretion confidentiality discretion in keeping secret information discernment, judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations |
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