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incautious

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·cau·tious /ɪnˈkɔːʃəs $ -ˈkɒː-/ adjective  THINK ABOUTif you are incautious, you do not think about the possible bad results of your actions 轻率的,不谨慎的 incautious remarks 轻率的言论 The wine had made her incautious. 酒后她变得口无遮拦。incautiously adverb
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incautiousWhat these qualities were Furse was never so vulgar or incautious as to define.I was merely somewhat incautious at one point.Discretion however was overridden by an enormous but incautious curiosity.Stretching out an incautious hand he burnt a finger on one of the bars.It is incautious, ill-advised, is it not?Incautious investors may lose money.The earl's daughter, Dorothea, seems to have inherited her father's somewhat incautious nature.The role of the government agencies in predator control, after an incautious start, has been more or less responsible.An incautious word, I felt, could spark off resentment.
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incautious
incautious /ɪnˈkɔːʃəs $ -ˈkɒː-/ adjective
if you are incautious, you do not think about the possible bad results of your actions:
    incautious remarks
    The wine had made her incautious.
—incautiously adverb


in·cau·tiousBrE /ɪnˈkɔːʃəs/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈkɔːʃəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) done without thinking carefully about the results; not thinking about what might happen 不慎重的;轻率的;鲁莽的 in·cau·tious·ly BrE /ɪnˈkɔːʃəsli/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈkɔːʃəsli/ 🔊 adverb