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care/careful/carefully

What do they mean?

care謹慎；仔細照顧noun；care感興趣；介意／照顧verb

用作名詞時，care指“做事時為避免傷害或危險的謹慎態度”。

take care of someone or something指“小心照顧這些人或事，使它處於安全狀態”；用作動詞時，care指“因認為某事重要而對它產生興趣”。care for指“照顧”。

• This book must be handled with care because it is old and valuable.

拿放這本書時必須小心，因它是珍藏古本。

• You must take care of your teeth – they have to last you a long time.

你必須愛護你的牙齒—因為它們要陪你很長時間。

• I told James what Sally had said about him but he did not care.

我把莎莉說他的那些話告訴了占士，但他一點也不在乎。

• People should care for their pets.

人們應該好好照顧他們的寵物。

careful小心；仔細的adjective

careful指“小心仔細，為免造成損失或傷害”；反義詞為careless。

• Be careful with this glass bowl – it is very fragile.

拿這隻玻璃碗要小心—它很容易碎。

• It was very careless of you to lose the key.

你丟了鑰匙，真的太不小心了。

carefully小心翼翼；行事謹慎adverb

carefully指“盡力避免造成損失或傷害”，反義詞為carelessly。

• Mum carefully laid the baby in its cot.

媽媽小心翼翼將嬰兒放了在小牀上。

Fill in the blanks.

1　Kate_______dropped her camera over the side of the boat.

2　You must be very_______when you cross the railway line.

3　Don't they_______about the damage they are doing to the environment?

4　_______drivers cause accidents on the roads.

5　The shop assistant counted the money_______before putting it in the till.