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

• 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。
• Such an agreement would be an unambiguous plus, with one, key caveat.
  这样的一个协议将是一个明确而重要的告诫。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Let me know if you find anything, and in the meantime, caveat emptor.
  让我知道如果你发现任何东西，在此期间，买者自负。
• 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。
• 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。
• They entered the caveat that judges must not comment on their own cases.
  他们加上了一条附带条款&法官不能对自己的案件发表评论。
• Talking about the communes, at the outset, we think that a caveat is due.
  在一开始就谈论公社，我们认为可能会是件犯忌的事儿。