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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 important caveat is that Linux and Windows use the same GUID for their data partitions.
  一个重要的说明是，Linux和Windows对它们的数据分区使用相同的GUID。
• No such caveat applies to Mittal or Arcelor.
  这样的告诫不适用于米塔尔和阿塞洛。
• 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。
• 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。