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

• Within the hour, though, a worrisome caveat came to light.
  但是，还不到一小时，就出现了令人担忧的警告。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Why: Anything with a caveat like this is rude.
  为什么：任何一个像这样的告诫都是粗鲁的。
• A caveat here is appropriate.
  这里的警告是适当的。
• 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。
• 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。