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

• 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。
• Try both and see which is preferable, either is acceptable with one caveat.
  两者都尝试下，看看哪一个是可取的，或者是一个可接受的警告。
• 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。
• Caveat: plugin and action classes are not instantiated until absolutely required to lower Workbench memory requirements.
  警告：插件类与操作类直到绝对需要降低Workbench对内存的需求时才会被初始化。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• To enter a caveat. Please address complains to the manager, not to me.
  中止诉讼申请提出中止诉讼手续的申请请把申诉向经理提出，不要向我提出。
• 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？
• That's an important caveat to the data in the chart.
  这是有关图表数据一个重要的注意之处。