Discretion
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n. 慎重;考慮周到;判斷力，辨別力;自行決定的自由;
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dis分開，分離+cret搞清，區別+ion名詞后綴→謹慎，小心
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning.
一盎司的小心值得一磅的學問。
Fore God, my lord, well spoken, with good accent and good discretion.
上帝在上，老爺，您念得好極了，真是抑揚頓挫，曲盡其妙。
He is the soul of honour / discretion.
他是榮譽的化身[為人極為謹慎].
It is within your discretion to settle the matter.
這件事你可以自行處理。
Don' t keep asking me what to do ; use your own discretion.
不要老是問我該做什麼事, 你自行決定吧.
?? 聯想助記
【記】discretion-謹慎,directions-用法、說明:為了謹慎起見,還是先看說明書吧
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discretion
n[U]
1 quality of being discreet; good judgement 謹慎; 慎重; 審慎; 明智
to act with discretion 謹慎行事
This is a secret, but I know I can count on your discretion, ie be sure you won't tell anyone. 這可是個秘密, 不過我知道你嘴穩（肯定不會告訴別人）.
2 freedom to decide for oneself what should be done 自行決斷的自由
Don't keep asking me what to do; use your own discretion. 不要老是問我該做什麼事, 你自行決定吧.
3 (idm 習語) the age/years of di`scretion maturity; age when one is considered able to judge and decide for oneself 成年; 解事年齡; 責任年齡. at sb's discretion on the basis of sb's judgement 依據某人的見解
A supplementary grant may be awarded at the discretion of the committee. 委員會可能酌情追加一筆補助金. discretion is the ,better part of `valour (saying usu joc 諺, 通常作戲謔語) there is no point in taking unnecessary risks 不知進退非真勇（不必作無謂的冒險）.
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*[dis'kre??n]n. 慎重, 辨別力, 考慮, 處理權【法】 有決定權的相關詞組: at discretion be within sb's discretion to do with discretion at the discretion of...
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That would be nice. Let's fix a date.
那太好了。我們定個日子吧。
She understood I was begging for new words, for the names of the things I touched.
她懂得我是在求她教新單詞--我所觸摸的東西的名稱。
Because of his actions, all Hindus were finally free to draw water from the same village well, to go to the same temple to pray and even marry each other.
由于他的行動，所有的印度人均可自由地從同一個村井打水，去相同的寺廟做祈禱，甚至還可相互通婚。