caveat
美音:
[´keıvı´æt
]英音:
[´keıvı´æt
]n.[律]中止诉讼手续的申请,警告,告诫
难易程度:
caveat为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:caveated/caveatted 过去分词:caveated/caveatted 现在分词:caveating/caveatting 第三人称单数:caveats/caveats
近义词, 同义词
caveat
/'kævɪæt, also 'keɪvɪæt; `kævɪ,æt, `kevɪ,æt/
n
1 (fml 文) warning; proviso 警告; 限制性条款
*I recommend the deal, but with certain caveats. 我介绍这笔交易, 但有几项要提请注意.
2 (law 律) procedure for requesting a court to suspend proceedings until the opposition has been heard 中止诉讼的申请.
caveat
n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin:'let him or her beware', from cavere; CAUTION1]
formal a warning that something may not be completely true, effective etc
caveat that
She will be offered treatment, with the caveat that it may not work.