| 单词 | warning |
| 释义 | warning (once / 132 pages) nadj A warning is a caution against something dangerous. When there's a shark warning at the beach, the lifeguards will order everyone out of the water. When you receive a warning, you get an official advance notice of some impending problem. A crow might caw loudly as a warning when it sees a cat, and a traffic cop might give a first-time speeder a warning instead of an expensive ticket. You can also use warning as an adjective: "The warning light came on in her car as it started to overheat." WORD FAMILYwarning: warningly, warnings+/forewarn: forewarned, forewarning, forewarns/forewarning: forewarnings/warn: forewarn, warned, warner, warning, warns/warner: warners USAGE EXAMPLESWarning about the use of chemical weapons, President Obama tells Syria’s Assad regime that there is a “red line” that must not be crossed. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) A total of 24 cities are under a pollution “red alert,” the highest warning level in China’s four-tiered system. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The White House is warning Trump officials not to reverse course and says Cubans are worried about the next administration’s intentions. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a message informing of danger a warning that still more bombs could explode Exp|Hypo|Hyper Emergency Alert System a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events wake-up call a warning to take action concerning something that was overlooked or neglected alarmismneedless warnings alert, alertinga warning that serves to make you more alert to danger caution, caveata warning against certain acts false alarma warning that is given about something that fails to occur forewarning, premonitionan early warning about a future event heads-upa warning message strategic warning(military) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act tactical warning(military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act threata warning that something unpleasant is imminent warning of attacka warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future warning of wara warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war informing, making known a speech act that conveys information 2n cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness) the warning was to beware of surprises Syn|Hypo|Hyper admonition, monition, word of advice deterrent example, example, lesson, object lesson punishment intended as a warning to others advice a proposal for an appropriate course of action 3n notification of something, usually in advance they gave little warning of their arrival she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin Hyper apprisal, notification, telling informing by words 4adj serving to warn Syn admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory dissuasive deterring from action |
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