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provident 音標拼音: [pr'ɑvɪdənt] a. 有先見之明的,有遠慮的,節儉的 有先見之明的,有遠慮的,節儉的 provident adj 1: providing carefully for the future; " wild squirrels are provident"; " a provident father plans for his children' s education" [ ant: { improvident}] 2: careful in regard to your own interests; " the prudent use and development of resources"; " wild squirrels are provident" Provident \ Prov" i* dent\, a. [ L. providens, - entis, p. pr. of providere: cf. F. provident. See { Provide}, and cf. { Prudent}.] Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future. [ 1913 Webster] And of our good and of our dignity, How provident he is. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Forecasting; cautious; careful; prudent; frugal; economical. [ 1913 Webster] 91 Moby Thesaurus words for " provident": Scotch, acute, anticipant, anticipatory, apperceptive, appercipient, argute, astute, canny, careful, cautious, chary, cheeseparing, circumspect, clairvoyant, cogent, conserving, considerate, discerning, discreet, discriminating, discriminative, divinatory, economic, economical, economizing, enlightened, farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, frugal, incisive, intuitive, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, labor- saving, longheaded, longsighted, money- saving, parsimonious, penetrating, penny- wise, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, politic, precautional, precautionary, precautious, precognitive, precognizant, preparative, preparatory, prepared, prerequisite, prescient, propaedeutic, providential, provisional, prudent, prudential, ready, reflecting, reflective, sagacious, sage, saving, scrimping, shrewd, skimping, spare, sparing, thoughtful, thrifty, time- saving, trenchant, understanding, unwasteful, vigilant, wary, well- advised, well- judged, wise
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