ADJECTIVE | VERB + WARNING | WARNING + VERB | WARNING + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤dire, grim, ominous, stark, stern, strong嚴重的告誡;嚴肅的警告;不祥之兆;強烈的警告◇There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾經有人就看電視太多的危害性提出嚴重警告。➤repeated, urgent不斷的/緊急的警告▸➤adequate, advance, ample, due, early, fair, prior充分的告誡;預先警告;適時的告誡;合理的警告◇I need advance warning of how many people to cater for.我需要事先知道要為多少人提供膳食。➤little幾乎沒有什麼警告◇There was little warning of the coming disaster.對即將到來的災難幾乎沒有什麼預警。➤clear, specific清楚的/具體的警告▸➤coded (BrE) 加密警報◇The explosion came 20 minutes after a coded warning to police.警方收到加密警報 20 分鐘之後,爆炸就發生了。➤first, initial最初的警告▸➤final, last最後的警告◇The referee gave him a final warning.裁判向他下了最後一次警告。➤formal, government, official正式/政府/官方警告▸➤salutary, timely有益的警示;及時的告誡◇The team's defeat is a salutary warning before the World Cup.這次失利是在世界杯比賽之前對全隊的一個有益警示。➤friendly友好的告誡▸➤veiled含蓄的警告◇Her words sounded like a veiled warning.她的話聽起來像是一個含蓄的警告。➤audible, visual聲音報警;可視警告◇There is an audible warning when a certain speed is exceeded.超過某一速度就會有報警音。➤verbal, written (both especially BrE) 口頭/書面警告◇His employers have placed him on final written warning.他的雇主給了他最後的書面警告。➤intelligence情報預警◇intelligence warnings of terrorist attacks對恐怖襲擊的情報預警➤air-raid, bomb, hazard, terror, terrorist, threat (NAmE) 空襲警報;轟炸警報;危險警示;恐怖襲擊警報;威脅警報➤travel (especially NAmE) 旅遊警告▸➤fire, flood, gale, hurricane, storm, tornado, tsunami火災/洪水/大風/颶風/暴風雨/龍捲風/海嘯警報◇There are 39 severe flood warnings on 22 rivers across the country.全國 22 條河流有 39 次嚴重洪水警報。◇A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Gulf Coast.墨西哥灣海岸地區已發佈暴風雨警報。➤health, safety健康/安全警告◇Every cigarette packet carries a government health warning. (BrE) 每個香煙盒上都有政府發出的吸煙有害健康的警告。➤profits (BrE) 盈利預警VERB + WARNING➤give (sb), issue, post, send, send out給予(某人)警告;發出警告;貼出警告◇The police have issued a warning about pickpockets.警察已發出警惕扒手的警告。◇Hurricane warnings have been posted on their website.颶風警報已經張貼在他們的網站上了。◇The Institute has sent out a new warning to all businesses.該協會已經給所有企業發出了新的警告。➤provide提供預警◇The sensors provide early warning of the approach of enemy troops.這些探測設備對敵軍的到來提供早期預警。➤shout, shout out, sound發出警告◇The sirens sound a warning when fighter planes are sighted.一發現戰鬥機,警報器就會鳴響發出警告。◇The strike sounded a warning to all employers in the industry.這次罷工給這一行業的所有雇主敲響了警鐘。➤reiterate, repeat重申/重複警告▸➤be, serve as作為警告;引以為戒◇Let this be a warning to you not to trespass on my land again!讓這件事成為對你的一個警告,不要再侵入我的土地!◇What happened to him should serve as a warning to all dishonest politicians.他的下場應讓所有不誠實的政客引以為戒。➤get, have, receive得到警告;收到警告▸➤ignore忽視警示▸➤heed留意警告◇They failed to heed a warning about the dangerous currents in the river.他們未注意到關於河中水流湍急的警告。WARNING + VERB➤come警報傳來◇The warning came just minutes before the bomb exploded.炸彈爆炸前幾分鐘才得到警報。➤sound警報響起來◇On that day in 1916 air-raid warnings sounded throughout Edinburgh.1916 年的那一天,空襲警報響徹整個愛丁堡。WARNING + NOUN➤label, notice, sign警示標籤;警告通知;警示信號◇a campaign for health warning labels on alcohol要求在酒瓶上貼健康警示標籤的運動◇Red marks on the skin may be a warning sign for this disease.皮膚上出現紅色斑點可能是患這種病的一個警示信號。➤bell, light, signal, system警鐘;警示燈;警示信號;報警系統PREPOSITION➤in warning作為警告◇The dog growled in warning as we approached.我們走近的時候,那隻狗吼叫着發出警告。➤without warning沒有預兆◇He left his wife without warning.他突然離開了妻子,沒有任何先兆。➤warning about關於⋯的警告◇a warning about teaching children to swim一則有關教孩子游泳的警告➤warning against針對⋯的告誡◇a warning against complacency不要自滿的告誡➤warning of關於⋯的提醒◇They sent us fair warning of their arrival.他們及時通知了我們他們將要到達。➤warning to給⋯的警告◇The police issued a warning to all drug users in the city.警方向全市所有的吸毒者提出了告誡。PHRASES➤let that/this be a warning (to you)讓那件事/這件事成為(對你的)警告▸➤a word of warning警告的話◇He gave us a word of warning about going out alone at night.他提醒我們夜間不要單獨外出。