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

• But there is a crucial caveat: how much worse might the politics get?
  但这里有一个关键问题：政治状况会恶化到何等程度？
• Such an agreement would be an unambiguous plus, with one, key caveat.
  这样的一个协议将是一个明确而重要的告诫。
• 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。
• That's an important caveat to the data in the chart.
  这是有关图表数据一个重要的注意之处。
• One caveat with this trial, as with any study of this kind, is that it does not take into account the possible impact of second-line therapy.
  需要提醒的是，与任何一个同类的研究一样，此试验未考虑二线治疗的可能影响。
• While all this could pan out, the researchers point out a caveat.
  虽然所有这些都可能会实现，但研究人员还是给出了一项警告。
• 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 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。
• Talking about the communes, at the outset, we think that a caveat is due.
  在一开始就谈论公社，我们认为可能会是件犯忌的事儿。
• However, there is one important caveat: China has to maintain its capital controls in the foreseeable future.
  然而，一个重要的告诫是：在可预见的未来，中国必须保持资本控制。