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cautionary

/kaw-shuh-ner-ee/US // ˈkɔ ʃəˌnɛr i //UK // (ˈkɔːʃənərɪ) //

警示性的,警示性,警示,警惕性的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the nature of or containing a warning: cautionary advice; a cautionary tale.

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Examples

  • The finding is “at the very least a cautionary tale,” says study author Julie Cosmidis, a geomicrobiologist at the University of Oxford.

  • The Secret History is a cautionary tale about how certain strategies of hatred persist over time, manifesting themselves in various forms with the same tropes and characters.

  • Scientists believe vaccines will probably remain effective because they produce a robust immune system response, but such reassurances have been paired with cautionary notes about how much remains unknown.

  • So, plainly cautionary tale — a little bit of knowledge is potentially dangerous.

  • The dramatic rise and fall of Nikola over just a few months was this year’s cautionary tale.

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • Whilst Whitacre never defined himself as an “ally,” this remains a cautionary tale of what not to do.

  • A truly cautionary tale of a 77-year-old versus the Internet.

  • In Ireland, the name of Sean Quinn will be forever linked in the public mind as the ultimate cautionary tale of riches to rags.

  • Gerald Ford and the swine flu pandemic that never happened in 1976 is a cautionary tale that government action can backfire.

  • There were a few cryptic cautionary references to heightened physico-psychological effects.

  • Plodder's cautionary signal had been hoisted to some purpose after all.

  • A woman's intuitions do not ask to have a cautionary signal repeated.

  • I here append a few cautionary hints which must be taken if you wish to dress well.

  • "A close column forming column of fours," he cried in a shrill treble, quoting the cautionary part of his command.