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- careful [ 'kεrfəl] [ 'kεəful]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- careful ['kεəfυl]
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1.
adj
cautious in attitude or action; prudent
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2.
adj
painstaking in one's work; thorough
- he wrote very careful script
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3.
adj
[usually postpositive;
foll by of, in,or about] solicitous; protective- careful of one's reputation
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4.
adj
[archaic]
full of care; anxious
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5.
adj
[Brit]
mean or miserly
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1.
adj
cautious in attitude or action; prudent
Examples
- a careful worker
- 苦干的工人 → careful
- a careful reply
- 审慎的回答 → careful
- a careful analysis
- 精确的分析 → careful
- the accident that taught her to be careful
- 事故教训她要小心 → teach
- be a thought more careful
- 稍许仔细点 → thought
- You want to be careful crossing streets.
- 过马路时应该小心点。 → want
- Be careful of people who are never what they appear to be.
- 小心那些表里不一的人。 → careful
- Be careful, the base of that lamp is not that steady.
- 小心，那个灯的底座不那么结实。 → base
- Be careful, there is a bee flying above your head.
- 当心，有只蜜蜂在你头上飞。 → bee
- Be careful, the sign says that the next one is a S-bend.
- 路标显示下一路段是S形弯道。 → bend
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