prudence
/ˈpɹud(ə)n(t)s/ 名词 C2中文： 谨慎、审慎、殷憂
- The quality or state of being prudent: circumspection and good judgment in knowing how best to act; (countable, archaic) an instance of this.
- Synonym of frugality (“the quality of avoiding unnecessary expenditure; economy, parsimony, thrift, thriftiness”).
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You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence, and insensibility of danger security for happiness.”
But there was still something lurking behind, of which prudence forbade the disclosure.
“Because honour, decorum, prudence--nay, interest--forbid it.
Except the recollection of the line of politics his father had adopted, and which might interfere, unless he acted with the greatest prudence, with his own career, Gérard de Villefort was as happy as a man could be.
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