careful

IPA/ˈkeəfl/
KK[kˈɛrfəl]IPA/ˈkerfl/

careful — 形容詞

  • carefulpositive
  • more carefulcomparative
  • most carefulsuperlative

1. making sure you do things right and avoid accidents, errors, or injury — for exa

1.形容詞A2
釋義

小心；仔細

避免出錯或造成傷害的

making sure you do things right and avoid accidents, errors, or injury — for example, looking both ways before you cross a street, or checking your homework twice before handing it in.

例句

Ravi was careful not to spill hot soup on his little sister.

Ravi 很小心，沒有把熱湯灑到妹妹身上。

careful not to + infinitive: expressing caution about an action

Be careful when you walk on the icy steps outside the library.

走在圖書館外結冰的樓梯上時要小心。

imperative: 'Be careful when…' warning pattern

常見搭配
  • careful with (your money / your phone / your words)
  • careful about (what you eat / what you say)
  • careful not to (drop / break / hurt / upset)
  • careful when (you cross / you drive / you handle)
同義詞
  • cautious

    focuses on avoiding danger or risk; careful is broader and also covers avoiding mistakes.

  • thorough

    emphasises doing every part of a task completely; careful is more about attention during the process.

  • attentive

    stresses watchfulness and noticing details; careful adds the idea of avoiding negative outcomes.

反義詞
  • careless

    the direct opposite — not giving enough attention to what you are doing.

  • reckless

    stronger than careless — taking dangerous risks without thinking about results.

文法句型

be careful + to-infinitive

be careful + not to-infinitive

be careful + when/while + clause

be careful + with + noun

careful + noun

用法筆記

This sense commonly appears in warnings (Be careful!) and in the pattern careful + to-infinitive (She was careful not to break the vase). It also functions as an attributive adjective before nouns such as plan, check, examination, and analysis.

常見錯誤

He is a carefully driver.
He is a careful driver.
careful is an adjective that describes a noun; carefully is an adverb that describes a verb.
I careful checked the list.
I carefully checked the list.
after the verb, use the adverb carefully, not the adjective careful.
Be carefully!
Be careful!
after the linking verb be, use the adjective form, not the adverb.
慣用語

careful with money

idiom

Someone who is careful with money avoids spending it on things they do not need.

節儉的

My grandmother is very careful with money and never buys new clothes.

Diego was careful with money, so he saved enough for a car.

you can’t be too careful

idiom

This phrase is used to advise someone to be very cautious in order to avoid risks or problems.

再小心也不為過

Lock the door before you leave; you can't be too careful.

Maya always checks her work twice because you can't be too careful.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

副詞搭配

常用片語

  • take careful note of
  • pay careful attention to
  • give careful consideration to

介系詞搭配