circumspection

英 [ˌsɜːkəmˈspekʃn]

美 [ˌsɜːrkəmˈspekʃn]

n.  谨言慎行; 小心谨慎

BNC.34644 / COCA.29604

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 谨言慎行;小心谨慎
  Circumspectionis cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
  1. This is a region to be treated with circumspection.
     这是个需要小心对待的区域。

英英释义

noun

• the trait of being circumspect and prudent
  Synonym:caution
• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
  1. the servants showed great tact and discretion
  Synonym:discretiondiscreetnessprudence

双语例句

• It would be an act of circumspection to discuss design issues relating to the Sydney Olympic Stadium at any level without first understanding the environment in which the project was to be delivered.
  在任何层次上讨论悉尼奥运场馆的设计问题时都要首先明确该项目的运作环境，这是一个慎重的举动。
• If the events of this week encourage greater circumspection then this will have been a bout of market turmoil well worth enduring.
  如果上周所发生的事件能让投资者更为慎重，那么这将是一次很值得承受的市场动荡。
• In light of them, her famous circumspection looks less like a stylistic than a moral choice.
  鉴于此，作者的谨小慎微与其说一种文体风格的选择，不如说是一种道德上的抉择。
• In the early twentieth century, the Chinese people chose after explorations and tests Marxism out of circumspection and rationality.
  20世纪初期，先进的中国人经过探索、试验，选择了马克思主义，这种选择是审慎的、理性的；
• They behaved with considerable sense and circumspection.
  他们表现得相当理智而且谨慎。
• The author portrayed in Thorny Heart the heroine's circumspection, conservatism, and chastity and faithfulness on marriage and her filial piety to family and parents, which reflected her respect to tradition and her virtue and refined deeds in conformity with conservative standard and pursuance.
  《棘心》中，作者刻划女主人公在婚姻问题上的审慎、贞信和对家庭、父母的孝道，体现了对传统的尊重，符合保守主义对美德淑行的追求。
• This is a region to be treated with circumspection.
  这是个需要小心对待的区域。
• Whether now is the time for some circumspection about "stripping" bonds and holding on to long-term Treasury debt in general, largely depends on your view about the US economy and the prospects of sliding inflation ultimately flirting with deflation.
  现在是否该慎重对待“本息分离”债券，并坚持持有各类长期美国国债，主要取决于你对美国经济以及通胀率下降最终不经意间演变为通缩的前景的看法。
• The current banking supervision takes eight basic forms, that is: paying much attention to behavior supervision but lacking in circumspection;
  当前银行监管存在八大基本态势，即重行为监管，审慎监管不足；
• At the Twelfth National Congress comrades who had made mistakes were handled with circumspection.
  十二大对过去犯了错误的同志做了比较审慎的处理。