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caveat n.防止误解的说明；警告 (1) 为防止发生误解，我想对那些想要步我后尘的人提出警告。(2) 我介绍这笔交易，但有几项要提请注意。(3) 最后这项建议附有一条警告：不喝酒比饮酒过多要好得多。 When your new friend gives you directions to her house, and then says, “The caveat is that when it snows the driveway turns into an ice rink,” she's warning you that your travels could be dangerous. Caveat is also a legal term for when a lawyer asks for a break in proceedings. If a lawyer issues a caveat, she's filing a formal notice to suspend a trial until her client gets a hearing.

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英 ['kæviæt] 美 ['kæviæt] (1) I would offer a caveat for those who want to join me in the dual calling.(2) I recommend the deal, but with certain caveats.(3) This last recommendation comes with a caveat: drinking no alcohol is clearly better than drinking too much. A caveat is a warning. When someone adds a caveat to something they’re telling you to beware — maybe what they’re telling you comes with certain conditions or maybe there’s something dangerous lurking. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]警告；事先声明；注意事项 A  caveat is a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement.   [oft N that]  [FORMAL 正式]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。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。

英语单词	caveat
英美音标	英 ['kæviæt] 美 ['kæviæt]
中文释义	n.防止误解的说明；警告
英语例句	(1) I would offer a caveat for those who want to join me in the dual calling. (2) I recommend the deal, but with certain caveats. (3) This last recommendation comes with a caveat: drinking no alcohol is clearly better than drinking too much.
中文例句	(1) 为防止发生误解，我想对那些想要步我后尘的人提出警告。 (2) 我介绍这笔交易，但有几项要提请注意。 (3) 最后这项建议附有一条警告：不喝酒比饮酒过多要好得多。
vocabulary简明	A caveat is a warning. When someone adds a caveat to something they’re telling you to beware — maybe what they’re telling you comes with certain conditions or maybe there’s something dangerous lurking.
vocabulary扩展	When your new friend gives you directions to her house, and then says, “The caveat is that when it snows the driveway turns into an ice rink,” she's warning you that your travels could be dangerous. Caveat is also a legal term for when a lawyer asks for a break in proceedings. If a lawyer issues a caveat, she's filing a formal notice to suspend a trial until her client gets a hearing.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]警告；事先声明；注意事项 A caveat is a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement. [oft N that] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 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。

Caveat I Drinking They’re Telling She's Warning Lawyer