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prudent 音標拼音: [pr'udənt] a. 審慎的,三思而后行的,精明的,節儉的 審慎的,三思而後行的,精明的,節儉的 prudent adj 1: careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; " a prudent manager"; " prudent rulers"; " prudent hesitation"; " more prudent to hide than to fight" [ ant: { imprudent}] Prudent \ Pru" dent\, a. [ L. prudens, - entis, contr. from providens: cf. F. prudent. See { Provident}.] 1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to { rash}; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior. [ 1913 Webster] Moses established a grave and prudent law. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Cautious; wary; circumspect; considerate; discreet; judicious; provident; economical; frugal. [ 1913 Webster] 126 Moby Thesaurus words for " prudent": Argus- eyed, Scotch, advisable, alert, all ears, all eyes, anticipant, anticipatory, attentive, aux aguets, bland, canny, careful, cautious, chary, cheeseparing, circumspect, clairvoyant, conserving, considerate, custodial, deliberate, discerning, discreet, discriminating, discriminative, divinatory, eagle- eyed, economic, economical, economizing, enlightened, farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, frugal, gentle, gingerly, guarded, hawk- eyed, heedful, hesitant, intuitive, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, keen- eyed, labor- saving, leaving out nothing, lidless, longsighted, mild, mild as milk, mindful, moderate, money- saving, noncommittal, nonviolent, observant, on guard, on the lookout, on the watch, open- eyed, overlooking no possibility, pacifistic, parsimonious, pawky, peaceable, peaceful, penny- wise, politic, precognitive, precognizant, prepared, prescient, provident, providential, prudential, ready, reasonable, reflecting, reflective, regardful, safe, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, saving, scrimping, sensible, sharp- eyed, shrewd, skimping, sleepless, slow to act, sober, soft, spare, sparing, tactical, tame, temperate, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, thrifty, time- saving, unadventurous, uncommunicative, undaring, unenterprising, unprecipitate, unwasteful, vigilant, wary, watchful, well- advised, well- judged, wise, with open eyes
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