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care

noun
 OPAL WOPAL S
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Word Family
  • care noun verb
  • careful adjective (≠ careless)
  • carefully adverb (≠ carelessly)
  • caring adjective (≠ uncaring)
Idioms
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  1.  
     [uncountable] the process of caring for somebody/something and providing what they need for their health or protection照料；照顾；照看；护理
    • Some people were badly injured and needed medical care.有些人受了重伤，需要医疗服务。
    • We aim to continually improve the quality of patient care. 我们旨在不断提高患者护理质量。
    • How much do men share housework and the care of the children?男人分担多少做家务和照看小孩的工作？🔊🔊
    • care for somebody/something to provide care for the elderly照顾老人
    • with care With proper care, the plants may last for fifty years.照料得好，这些植物可以活 50 年。
    • skin/hair care products护肤品；护发品
    see also childcare, community care, critical care, day care, duty of care, easy-care, healthcare, intensive care, managed care, primary care
    Extra Examples
    • She's still very frail and will need lots of tender loving care.她身体仍然很弱，需要细心呵护。
    • The couple relied on informal care from relatives.这对夫妇依赖亲戚的非正式看护。
    • We have improved the way doctors deliver care.我们改善了医生提供护理的方式。
    Topics Life stagesa2, Medicinea2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • great
    • proper
    • …
    verb + care
    • take
    • deliver
    • provide (somebody with)
    • …
    care + noun
    • services
    • centre/​center
    • facility
    • …
    preposition
    • in care
    • in somebody’s care
    • under the care of
    • …
    phrases
    • care of somebody
    • in care of somebody
    • the quality of care
    • …
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  2. (British English) the fact of providing a home in an institution run by the local authority or with another family for children who cannot live with their parents由福利院收养
    • in care Most children in care live with foster carers.受照料的大多数儿童都与寄养者生活在一起。
    • The two girls were taken into care after their parents were killed.两个女孩在父母遇害后由福利院收养。🔊🔊
    • He had been in foster care since he was five.他从 5 岁起就一直由别人抚养。
    • Mentors support teenagers leaving care.辅导员支持青少年离职。
  3.  
     [uncountable] attention or thought that you give to something that you are doing so that you will do it well and avoid mistakes or damage小心；谨慎
    • Great care is needed when choosing a used car.选购旧车时要特别小心。🔊🔊
    • with care She chose her words with care.她措辞谨慎。🔊🔊
    • Fragile—handle with care (= written on a container holding something that is easily broken or damaged)易碎物品，小心轻放
    • Consumers must exercise care when buying medicines online.消费者在网上购买药品时必须格外小心。
    Extra Examples
    • The little girl was writing her name with painstaking care.那小女孩正在一丝不苟地写自己的名字。
    • She was charged with driving without due care and attention.她被控没有适当注意和照料的驾驶。
    • Transporting the specimens requires great care.运输这些样品需要格外小心。
    Synonyms carecare
    • caution
    • prudence
    These are all words for attention or thought that you give to something in order to avoid mistakes or accidents.
    • care attention or thought that you give to something that you are doing so that you will do it well and avoid mistakes or damage:
      • She chose her words with care.她措辞谨慎。
    • caution care that you take in order to avoid danger or mistakes; not taking any risks:
      • The utmost caution must be exercised when handling explosives.处理爆炸品一定要慎之又慎。
    • prudence (rather formal) a sensible and careful attitude when you make judgements and decisions; behaviour that avoids unnecessary risks:
      • As a matter of prudence, keep a record of all your financial transactions.为慎重起见，请记下你所有的财务往来。
      Prudence is used particularly in financial contexts.
    Patterns
    • to do something with care/​caution/​prudence
    • great/​extreme care/​caution/​prudence
    • to use/​exercise care/​caution/​prudence
    • to proceed with care/​caution
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • extreme
    • good
    • great
    • …
    verb + care
    • exercise
    • take
    • need
    • …
    preposition
    • with care
    • without care
    See full entry
  4. [countable, usually plural, uncountable] (formal) a feeling of worry; something that causes problems or worries忧虑；焦虑；引起烦恼的事；令人焦虑的事
    • I felt free from the cares of the day as soon as I left the building.我一离开那栋大楼便觉得轻松自在，不再为那天的事烦心了。🔊🔊
    • Sam looked as if he didn't have a care in the world.萨姆看上去好像什么事都不操心似的。🔊🔊
    5. Word OriginOld English caru (noun), carian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German chara ‘grief, lament’, charon ‘grieve’, and Old Norse kǫr ‘sickbed’.
Idioms
care of somebody
(North American English also in care of somebody)
  1. (abbreviation c/o)
     used when writing to somebody at another person’s address（以别人的地址给某人写信时用）由某人转交
    • Write to him care of his lawyer.写给他的信由他的律师转交。🔊🔊
in the care of somebody/in somebody’s care
  1. being cared for by somebody由…照管
    • The child was left in the care of friends.小孩留给朋友照管。🔊🔊
    • You won’t come to any harm while you’re in their care.有他们照顾你， 你不会受到任何伤害。
    • Many historic sites are in the care of the National Trust.许多历史景点是由国家信托公司管理的。
take care
  1. (informal) used when saying goodbye（告别用语）走好，保重
    • Bye! Take care!再见！多保重！🔊🔊
take care (that…/to do something)
  1. to be careful小心；当心
    • Take care (that) you don’t drink too much!当心别喝得太多！
    • Care should be taken to close the lid securely.盖子应小心扣紧。🔊🔊
take care of somebody/something/yourself
  1.  
     to care for somebody/something/yourself; to be careful about something照顾；照料；爱护；小心
    • Who's taking care of the children while you're away?你外出时谁来照料孩子？🔊🔊
    • She takes great care of her clothes.她非常爱惜自己的衣服。🔊🔊
    • He's old enough to take care of himself.他已经不小了，能照顾自己了。🔊🔊
    • You should take better care of yourself.你应该更加保重自己。
    Which Word? take care of / look after / care fortake care of / look after / care for
    • You can take care of or, especially in British English, look after someone who is very young, very old, or sick, or something that needs to be kept in good condition:
      • We’ve asked my mother to take care of/​look after the kids while we’re away.我们已请我母亲在我们外出时照看孩子。
      • You can borrow my camera if you promise to take care of/​look after it.只要你答应把我的照相机保管好就可以借去用。
    • In more formal language you can also care for someone:在较正式用语中，照看或照顾某人亦可用 care for：
      • She does some voluntary work, caring for the elderly她干一些照顾老人的义务工作。
      , but care for is more commonly used to mean ‘like’:但 care for 较常用于表示喜欢：
      • I don’t really care for spicy food.我其实不喜欢吃辛辣食物。
  2.  
     to be responsible for or to deal with a situation or task负责；处理
    • Don't worry about the travel arrangements. They're all being taken care of.别担心旅行安排，一切都会有人照管的。🔊🔊
    • Celia takes care of the marketing side of things.西莉亚负责产品营销方面的事宜。🔊🔊
under the care of somebody
  1. receiving medical care from somebody接受某人的治疗
    • He's under the care of Dr Parks.他在接受帕克斯医生的治疗。🔊🔊
    • refugees under the care of the relief agencies难民在救济机构的照顾下

care

verb
 
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not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they care
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he / she / it cares
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past simple cared
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past participle cared
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he / she / it caring
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Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
     [intransitive, transitive] to feel that something is important and worth worrying about关注；在意；担忧
    • I don't care (= I will not be upset) if I never see him again!即使我永远再也见不到他，我也不在乎！🔊🔊
    • He threatened to fire me, as if I cared!他威胁要解雇我，好像我多在乎似的！🔊🔊
    • care about something She cares deeply about environmental issues.她对环境问题深感担忧。🔊🔊
    • I don't really care about how much it costs.我并不在乎它要花多少钱。
    • care what, whether, etc… I don't care what he thinks.我才不管他怎么想呢。🔊🔊
    • care that… She doesn't seem to care that he's been married four times before.她似乎不介意他以前结过四次婚。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He hardly cares what he does any more.他几乎不再在乎自己的所作所为了。
    • I don't know which she chose, nor do I greatly care.我不知道她选了哪一个，我也不太在乎。
    • No one actually cared what I thought.没有人真的在乎我的想法。
    • The information is there for anyone who cares enough to find it.信息就在那里，只要是留意它的人就会发现它。
    • I don't care what he thinks!我才不管他怎么想呢。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • deeply
    • genuinely
    • a lot
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • for
    phrases
    • be past caring
    See full entry
  2.  
     [intransitive] care (about somebody) to like or love somebody and worry about what happens to them关心；关怀
    • He genuinely cares about his employees.他真诚地关心他的雇员。🔊🔊
    • They care an awful lot about each other.他们彼此非常关心。
    • It is good to know that there is someone who cares.很高兴知道有人在乎。
    Topics Family and relationshipsa2, Feelingsa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • deeply
    • genuinely
    • a lot
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • for
    phrases
    • be past caring
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  3. [transitive] care to do something to make the effort to do something努力做
    • I've done this job more times than I care to remember.这事我都记不清做了多少遍了。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginOld English caru (noun), carian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Old High German chara ‘grief, lament’, charon ‘grieve’, and Old Norse kǫr ‘sickbed’.
Idioms
be past caring
  1. (informal) used to say that a person is no longer worried about or interested in somebody/something漠不关心；无动于衷；全然不在乎
    • I'm past caring what he does.他做什么我再也不管了。
couldn’t care less
(North American English also could care less)
  1. (informal) used to say, often rudely, that you do not think that somebody/something is important or worth worrying about（常用于无礼地表示）不在乎，不在意
    • Quite honestly, I couldn't care less what they do.说实在的，我才不在乎他们做什么。🔊🔊
for all you, I, they, etc. care
  1. (informal) used to say that a person is not worried about or interested in what happens to somebody/something漠不关心；无动于衷；全然不在乎
    • I could be dead for all he cares!我是死是活，他才不关心呢！🔊🔊
not care/give a damn (about somebody/something)
  1. (informal) to not care at all about somebody/something（对…）毫不在乎
not care/give a fig (for somebody/something)
  1. (old-fashioned, British English, informal) not to care at all about something; to think that something is not important对…丝毫不在乎；完全不把…放在心上；认为…毫无价值
not care/give a hoot | not care/give two hoots
  1. (informal) not to care at all丝毫不在乎
    • I don’t care two hoots about having money, as long as I’m happy.我根本不在乎有没有钱，只要活得开心就行。
not care/give tuppence for somebody/something
  1. (British English, informal) to think that somebody/something is not important or that they have no value认为…无关紧要；认为…没有价值
who cares? | what do I, you, etc. care?
  1. (informal) used to say, often rudely, that you do not think that something is important or interesting（常用于无礼地表示）管它呢，谁管呢
    • Who cares what she thinks?谁管她怎么想呢！🔊🔊
Would you care for something? | Would you care to do something?
  1. (formal) used to ask somebody politely if they would like something or would like to do something, or if they would be willing to do something（礼貌问语）您想要，您喜欢，您愿意
    • Would you care for another drink?您再来一杯好吗？🔊🔊
    • If you'd care to follow me, I'll show you where his office is.如果您愿意跟我走，我会把您领到他的办公室去。🔊🔊
    More About offers and invitationsoffers and invitations提议和邀请
    • Would you like…? is the most usual polite question form for offers and invitations, especially in British English:
      • Would you like a cup of coffee?喝杯咖啡好吗？
    • Do you want…? is less formal and more direct. It is more common in North American English than in British English:
      • We’re going to a club tonight. Do you want to come with us?今晚我们要去俱乐部，你想和我们一起去吗？
    • Would you care…? is very formal and now sounds old-fashioned.Would you care ...? 很正式，听起来显得过时。

CARE

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the Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
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  1. a private US charity. It was established as the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe in 1945, to help people in Europe after the Second World War by sending CARE packages of food and other items. Today these are sent to refugees (= people forced from their homes by war or other events) and people who have survived natural disasters. The phrase CARE package is sometimes also used in a humorous way to mean a package of items sent by US parents to children who are away from home.