英 [ˈkɔːʃənəri] 美 [ˈkɔːʃəneri]
adj. 警告的，告诫的
cautionary /ˈkɔːʃənərɪ/
形容词 A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people. 警告的; 告诫的
Barely fifteen months later, it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions.
15个月刚过，这便成了一个有关国际并购陷阱的警世故事。
tending to ward off
同义词： preventive / prophylactic
serving to warn
同义词： admonitory / exemplary / monitory / warning(a)
警告的
警戒的
... cautious 谨慎的；十分小心的 cautionary 警告的；劝诫的 cautiously 慎重地，谨慎地 ...
... caution 主要指针对有潜在危险而提出的警告，含小心从事的意味。 cautionary 警戒的 cautioner 担保人 ...
成为闻风丧胆的警世(Cautionary)格言。原本，商场上基础就不生计一致的顶与底，弱者坐待时机，强者创造时机均是绝对的。
...的过分(Overly)相信会导致(Cause)盲目乐观，想当初在2007年八九月份市场高歌猛进之时，不断有泡沫、估值过高等警示性(Cautionary)的语言出现，可惜又有多少投资者理会在意了呢？
警告的；劝诫的
In her conclusion, the author sounds a cautionary note.
作者在结尾时敲响了警钟。
Barely fifteen months later, it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions.
15个月刚过，这便成了一个有关国际并购陷阱的警世故事。
Venus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like earth.
长期以来，金星一直被认为是一个警示故事，告诉我们在像地球这样的行星上，任何事情都可能出错。
"It's a cautionary tale, but in many respects it is quite ambiguous about where it stands on the science."
VOA : standard.2010.06.09
So having said that about musical notation-- something about a cautionary tale about musical notation-- we should think about how it affects the way we compose music in the West and how we perform music in the West.
讲完记谱法的一些,足以为戒的故事之后,我们也该想一下,它是如何影响西方音乐的作曲方式的,以及如何影响西方音乐的演奏方式
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Nobody wants to become the next cautionary tale splayed across the pages of Forbes.
The other cautionary tale is Affymetrix, the company that used to dominate DNA chips.
While this is par for the course, it also important to sound a cautionary note.
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