precaution

名词预防措施; 预防，防备，警惕; 避孕措施

及物动词使提防; 预先警告

1. 防范：总之,在进行转基因食品安全性评价时遵循了以下原则:实质等同性原则(substantial equivalence)、预先防范(precaution)的原则、个案评估的原则(case by case)、逐步评估的原则(step by step)、风险效益平衡的原则(balance of benefits

2. 预防：<<中国日报>>近日以 预防(Precaution) 为标题,刊登了一系列全世界民众戴口罩防范甲型(H1N1)型流感病毒的图片... 2009-05-07

1. 预防措施；防备
    A precaution is an action that is intended to prevent something dangerous or unpleasant from happening.

    e.g. Could he not, just as a precaution, move to a place of safety?...
           就算仅仅是为了以防万一，难道他就不能挪到安全的地方吗？
    e.g. I had taken the precaution of doing a little research before I left London...
           我已在离开伦敦前进行了准备，做了些调查研究。

1. The team flew home without Campo, who was expected to stay at the hospital overnight as a precaution.

2. The incident caused the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison to be evacuated as a precaution as the plane flew through that section of the state.

3. Ben Carpenter was unharmed but was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

4. The castle reported no injuries and no immediate signs of any serious damage but was evacuated as a precaution.

5. Christchurch International Airport was closed as a precaution as experts checked runways and terminal buildings, a spokesman said.

6. In Paris all public parks, gardens and cemeteries were closed as a precaution until the end of the violent weather.

7. Quite some of those representing colleges sounded at the conference as if they had had every conceivable precaution in place.

8. The public health authorities urge people to be careful about their relatives and friends because consolation is the best precaution against suicides.

9. Kellogg had asked stores earlier this week to pull some of its venerable Keebler crackers from shelves as a precaution.

10. Liu said he believes a debt limit of no more than 40 percent of local GDP should be adopted as a precaution.

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