Circumspect

(adj.) heedful of potential consequences; 'circumspect actions'; 'physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use'; 'a discreet investor' .

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• But on the subject of Count Fosco (who interests me infinitely more than his wife), Laura is provokingly circumspect and silent. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Lydgate smiled, but he was bent on being circumspect. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• We must be circumspect, for we are dealing with a very cunning man. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He remembered Will's irritability when he had mentioned Mrs. Casaubon, and was the more circumspect. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• In later life Edison has been more circumspect, but throughout his early career he was constantly getting into some kind of scrape. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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