prudence
prudence 英 ['pru:dns] 美 [ˈprudəns]
n. 审慎
名词复数:prudences
- Use the noun prudence to describe sensible decisions about everyday life, like the prudence of people who spend their money wisely, saving as much as they can.
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- n. 审慎
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1. Portfolio choices, especially among retirees, should be made from a stance of prudence and common sense.
应当从审慎和常识的立场出发来选择投资组织，尤其是退休人员。
- Prudence fem. proper name; see prudence.
- prudence (n.) mid-14c. (c. 1200 as a surname), mid-14c., "intelligence; discretion, foresight; wisdom to see what is suitable or profitable;" also one of the four cardinal virtues, "wisdom to see what is virtuous;" from Old French prudence (13c.) and directly from Latin prudentia "a foreseeing, foresight, sagacity, practical judgment," contraction of providentia "foresight" (see providence). Secondary sense of "wisdom" (late 14c.) is preserved in jurisprudence.
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