carefully

adverb

/ˈkeəfəli/

/ˈkerfəli/

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with a lot of attention or thought, so that you avoid hurting yourself, damaging something or doing something wrong小心；注意；谨慎
- Drive carefully.小心开车。
- She put the glass down carefully.她小心翼翼地放下玻璃杯。
- Please listen carefully.请仔细地听。
- We need to think carefully about the possible consequences of this decision.我们需要仔细考虑这个决定可能带来的后果。
- The prime minister's words were carefully chosen.首相的话是经过精心挑选的。
- The candidate gave his speech before a carefully selected audience.候选人在精心挑选的听众面前发表了演讲。
- a carefully planned attack on the enemy encampment对敌人营地精心策划的攻击
with a lot of attention to detail细致的；精心的；慎重的
- I urge the council to look carefully at this proposal.我敦促安理会仔细考虑这项提议。
- All the evidence should be examined carefully.所有的证据都应该仔细检查。
- a carefully crafted essay精心撰写的文章
- The Tribunal then carefully considered the evidence which it had heard and read.法庭随后仔细审议了它所听取和阅读的证据。

Idioms

tread carefully, warily, etc.

to be very careful about what you do or say小心谨慎地说；小心翼翼地做
- The government will have to tread very carefully in handling this issue.政府在处理这个问题时须慎之又慎。
- We must tread warily —we don't want to offend anyone.我们必须小心行事——我们不想得罪任何人。