詞彙精選：caution的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
小心，謹慎，慎重
例句：
Handle that gun with caution.
拿那支槍要小心。
例句：
All their care, their caution, their wariness had been wrecked on the rock of the inevitable.
他們所有的小心、謹慎和提防都在這無法避免的事實面前觸礁了。
警告，告誡，警示
例句：
The policeman let the driver off with a caution.
警察向司機提出警告後就讓他走了。
例句：
The teacher gave Tom a caution and told him never to do it again.
教師給了湯姆一次警告，叫他不許再那樣做。
擔保
v.
（受到）提醒，告誡，警告 [T]
例句：
I must caution you against the danger.
我必須警告你應謹防危險。
例句：
I would caution you against undue optimism.
我警告你不要過於樂觀。
向…告知其法律權利 [T]
例句：
Nobody was cautioned after arrest.
被捕後，沒有人被告知其法律權利。
二、詞義辨析：
advise,caution,warn,admonish,counsel
這些動詞均有“勸告、忠告、警告”之意。advise普通用詞，泛指勸告，不涉及對方是否聽從勸告。caution主要指針對有潛在危險而提出的警告，含小心從事的意味。warn含義與caution相同，但語氣較重，尤指重後果。admonish一般指年長者或領導對已犯錯誤的或有過失的人提出的忠告或警告以避免類似錯誤。counsel正式用詞，語氣比advise強一些，側重指對重要問題提出的勸告、建議或諮詢。
三、參考例句：
The Chancellor is a man of caution.
財政大臣爲人處世謹慎。
I would caution you against undue optimism.
我警告你不要過於樂觀。
I must caution you against the danger.
我必須警告你應謹防危險。
He told us to proceed with caution.
他要我們謹慎行事。
I would caution against undue optimism.
我奉勸不要過於樂觀。
Caution is still the watchword for many.
對於許多人而言，小心謹慎仍是座右銘。
Caution is the parent of safety.
〔諺〕謹慎爲安全之本。
His caution and inquisitiveness did not forsake him
他並未失去警覺和偵察一切的天性。
They caution the important adjunct functionality may be lost.
他們告誡說一些重要的附屬功能可能會失去。
You should exercise extreme caution when driving in the rain.
在雨中開車要極爲小心。
