caveat

英 [ˈkæviæt]

美 [ˈkæviæt]

n.  警告; 告诫

复数：caveats　

GRE经济

BNC.15157 / COCA.11411

牛津词典

noun

• 警告；告诫
  a warning that particular things need to be considered before sth can be done

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 警告;事先声明;注意事项
  Acaveatis a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing
  1. a caveat filed against the probate of a will
• a warning against certain acts
  1. a caveat against unfair practices
  Synonym:caution

双语例句

• One important caveat is that these security improvements aren't perfect.
  一定要注意一点：这些安全改进并不是完美的。
• Why: Anything with a caveat like this is rude.
  为什么：任何一个像这样的告诫都是粗鲁的。
• 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。
• The only caveat I have is that a few of the commands generated contain syntax errors.
  我要提出的惟一的警告就是：它所生成的部分命令包含语法错误。
• Caveat: Participants self-reported their finger lengths, raising the possibility of error.
  警告：参赛者自报自己的手指长度，提高了错误的可能性。
• But there is a crucial caveat: how much worse might the politics get?
  但这里有一个关键问题：政治状况会恶化到何等程度？
• For this, I can use the standard Spring approach, but with one caveat.
  对于这个方面，我可以用标准的Spring方式，但是有一个警告。
• The caveat here is that not all Web clients can handle the encodings that they advertise.
  这里需切记的是：并不是所有的Web客户机都可以处理它们宣称的编码。
• The other main SWAT caveat is that it's a security risk.
  另一个重要的SWAT警告是它存在安全风险。
• While all this could pan out, the researchers point out a caveat.
  虽然所有这些都可能会实现，但研究人员还是给出了一项警告。