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单词 warn
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warn
verb[IorT]
uk
/wɔːn/us
/wɔːrn/
B1
to make someonerealizeapossibledangerorproblem,especiallyone in thefuture:
警告；告诫；提醒
[+ obj + to infinitive]We were warned nottoeatthefishwhich mightupsetourstomachs.我们被告诫不要吃那种鱼，因为可能会导致胃部轻微不适。
[+ obj + (that)]Have you warned them(that)there will be anextrapersonfordinner?你有没有提醒他们会多一个人吃饭？
I was warnedagainst/offgoingto theeastcoastbecause it was sofulloftourists.有人告诫我不要去东海岸，因为那里游客爆满。
Theboatingareaismarkedwithbuoysto warnoffswimmers.划船区用浮标指示，警告游泳者不要进入。
There weresignswarningoffogassoonas we got onto themotorway.我们一上高速公路，就看到有“大雾”的警示牌。
Thisparticularcurryisextremelyhot-bewarned!这种特别的咖哩食品极辣——小心食用！
Put thatballdown now, Laura - I'm warning you(= I willpunishyou if you do not)!放下那个球到这儿来，劳拉——我是在警告你！
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  • I have to warn you that there's adegreeofdangerinvolvedin this.
  • Mysisterwarned me not totrusthim.
  • I'm warning you, don'tmessabout with thosetools.
  • Theleafletwarnschildrenabout thedangersofsmoking.
  • Mymotheralways warned me not totalktostrangers.
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(Definition ofwarnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

warn| American Dictionary

warn
verb[I/T]
us
/wɔrn/
to make someoneawareof apossibledangerorproblemso that it can beavoided:
[T]I warned her not towastehermoneyon thatmovie.
[T]We’d been warned that we shouldlockourcarsin theparkinglot.
[I]Theradiowarned alldayof thebadweathercoming.

Phrasal verb

warnsomeoneoff(something)
(Definition ofwarnfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwarn

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For the novice, there is danger in the chronological presentation, without warning signals that some theories are more difficult to assimilate than others.
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Potential readers of the book should perhaps be warned that the author has not made things easy for them.
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While he does not identify specific legislation by name, he was almost certainly warning against recently enacted federal laws.
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Almost instantly the new plan was presented: a much closer clinic and earlier times - but there were two warning notes.
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Punishments depended on the offence, but she could be warned by the wet-nursing inspection bureau, fined or dismissed.
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And warning messages are easily ignored by the programmer.
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The opponents warned that the project meant the end of the beach as a popular site of recreation for common people.
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Then we have wanted a way towarnjurors that they must not let exaggerated, hyperbolic doubts stand in the way of conviction.
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The public needs to be warned about risks involved in consumption of processed meat products, and educated about proper foodhandling and storage.
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I warned explicitly for a mystification of particularity and the dangers of a return to mythology.
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The children were to create posters warning of the dangers of fireworks.
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There is an ancient myth that wild rats guide their young to food, and evenwarnthem of the dangers of poison bait.
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Furthermore, he warns us against reducing narration to one genre, since each of the different genres examined has its own developmental course and purpose.
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People practising coitus interruptus don't seem to have succumbed to all those terrible nervous complaints against which we are so frequently warned by psychiatrists.
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Nineteenth-century usage guides do not advise against the passive, though some dowarnwriters not to change voice in midsentence.
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