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

• 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。
• 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。
• The only caveat is that our target class happened to be intercepting filter itself.
  唯一要告诫的是我们的目标类本身恰恰就是拦截过滤器。
• There's just one caveat: SQLObject won't let you change the primary key of an object.
  这只是一个警告：SQLObject不允许更改对象的主键。
• One caveat: You need to strike a balance between too much information and too little information.
  警告：需要在信息过多和信息过少之间找到一个平衡点。
• One caveat with this trial, as with any study of this kind, is that it does not take into account the possible impact of second-line therapy.
  需要提醒的是，与任何一个同类的研究一样，此试验未考虑二线治疗的可能影响。
• 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 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。
• I would just add one caveat to the suggestions in this article.
  我只想补充一书的建议，在这篇文章。
• 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。