Noun She gave me a warning about the difficulties of the job. She issued a stern warning against making changes too quickly. Let that be a warning to you. We had no warning of the dangers that were ahead of us. Without any warning she turned around and ran. The storm struck without warning. I was stopped for speeding, but the policeman just gave me a warning. Adjective usually gave her trademark warning look when the children were getting out of hand See More
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The red flag warning is set to expire at 11 p.m. tonight as winds calm. Mims Copeland | Mcopeland@oregonian.com, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2022 In the San Francisco Bay Area, an excessive-heat warning for interior bay and valley locations is in effect through Thursday. Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2022 An excessive heat warning is in effect in Los Angeles through Wednesday. Carter Evans, CBS News, 5 Sep. 2022 The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning Friday for the Northern California area near Mt. Shasta where the blaze is burning, due to the hot, dry conditions.Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022 Another flash flood warning will be in effect for Choctaw County until 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Aug. 2022 Another Wisconsin warning was the narrow win by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 In Spain, which had its hottest July on record, an orange warning for heat is in effect just south of Madrid - where maximum temperature could approach 104 degrees, with many other areas under yellow alerts. Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022 The area is currently under a red flag warning of high fire danger, according to the National Weather Service. Amanda Musa, CNN, 1 Aug. 2022
Adjective
The bureau also will post more warning notices at 750 livestock sale facilities and review other potential changes to federal regulations. Scott Sonner, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021 In response, statistical authorities around the world could do little but issue warning press releases. Andrew Whitby, Time, 17 Apr. 2020 Privacy advocates have sounded warning bells about Big Brother secretly watching us from the sky. Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 22 May 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English warnyng, warnynge, going back to Old English warnung, wearning, from wearnian "to warn" + -ung, -ing-ing entry 3
ADJECTIVE | VERB + WARNING | WARNING + VERB | WARNING + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤dire, grim, ominous, stark, stern, strong嚴重的告誡;嚴肅的警告;不祥之兆;強烈的警告◇There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾經有人就看電視太多的危害性提出嚴重警告。➤repeated, urgent不斷的/緊急的警告▸➤adequate, advance, ample, due, early, fair, prior充分的告誡;預先警告;適時的告誡;合理的警告◇I need advance warning of how many people to cater for.我需要事先知道要為多少人提供膳食。➤little幾乎沒有什麼警告◇There was little warning of the coming disaster.對即將到來的災難幾乎沒有什麼預警。➤clear, specific清楚的/具體的警告▸➤coded (BrE) 加密警報◇The explosion came 20 minutes after a coded warning to police.警方收到加密警報 20 分鐘之後,爆炸就發生了。➤first, initial最初的警告▸➤final, last最後的警告◇The referee gave him a final warning.裁判向他下了最後一次警告。➤formal, government, official正式/政府/官方警告▸➤salutary, timely有益的警示;及時的告誡◇The team's defeat is a salutary warning before the World Cup.這次失利是在世界杯比賽之前對全隊的一個有益警示。➤friendly友好的告誡▸➤veiled含蓄的警告◇Her words sounded like a veiled warning.她的話聽起來像是一個含蓄的警告。➤audible, visual聲音報警;可視警告◇There is an audible warning when a certain speed is exceeded.超過某一速度就會有報警音。➤verbal, written (both especially BrE) 口頭/書面警告◇His employers have placed him on final written warning.他的雇主給了他最後的書面警告。➤intelligence情報預警◇intelligence warnings of terrorist attacks對恐怖襲擊的情報預警➤air-raid, bomb, hazard, terror, terrorist, threat (NAmE) 空襲警報;轟炸警報;危險警示;恐怖襲擊警報;威脅警報➤travel (especially NAmE) 旅遊警告▸➤fire, flood, gale, hurricane, storm, tornado, tsunami火災/洪水/大風/颶風/暴風雨/龍捲風/海嘯警報◇There are 39 severe flood warnings on 22 rivers across the country.全國 22 條河流有 39 次嚴重洪水警報。◇A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Gulf Coast.墨西哥灣海岸地區已發佈暴風雨警報。➤health, safety健康/安全警告◇Every cigarette packet carries a government health warning. (BrE) 每個香煙盒上都有政府發出的吸煙有害健康的警告。➤profits (BrE) 盈利預警VERB + WARNING➤give (sb), issue, post, send, send out給予(某人)警告;發出警告;貼出警告◇The police have issued a warning about pickpockets.警察已發出警惕扒手的警告。◇Hurricane warnings have been posted on their website.颶風警報已經張貼在他們的網站上了。◇The Institute has sent out a new warning to all businesses.該協會已經給所有企業發出了新的警告。➤provide提供預警◇The sensors provide early warning of the approach of enemy troops.這些探測設備對敵軍的到來提供早期預警。➤shout, shout out, sound發出警告◇The sirens sound a warning when fighter planes are sighted.一發現戰鬥機,警報器就會鳴響發出警告。◇The strike sounded a warning to all employers in the industry.這次罷工給這一行業的所有雇主敲響了警鐘。➤reiterate, repeat重申/重複警告▸➤be, serve as作為警告;引以為戒◇Let this be a warning to you not to trespass on my land again!讓這件事成為對你的一個警告,不要再侵入我的土地!◇What happened to him should serve as a warning to all dishonest politicians.他的下場應讓所有不誠實的政客引以為戒。➤get, have, receive得到警告;收到警告▸➤ignore忽視警示▸➤heed留意警告◇They failed to heed a warning about the dangerous currents in the river.他們未注意到關於河中水流湍急的警告。WARNING + VERB➤come警報傳來◇The warning came just minutes before the bomb exploded.炸彈爆炸前幾分鐘才得到警報。➤sound警報響起來◇On that day in 1916 air-raid warnings sounded throughout Edinburgh.1916 年的那一天,空襲警報響徹整個愛丁堡。WARNING + NOUN➤label, notice, sign警示標籤;警告通知;警示信號◇a campaign for health warning labels on alcohol要求在酒瓶上貼健康警示標籤的運動◇Red marks on the skin may be a warning sign for this disease.皮膚上出現紅色斑點可能是患這種病的一個警示信號。➤bell, light, signal, system警鐘;警示燈;警示信號;報警系統PREPOSITION➤in warning作為警告◇The dog growled in warning as we approached.我們走近的時候,那隻狗吼叫着發出警告。➤without warning沒有預兆◇He left his wife without warning.他突然離開了妻子,沒有任何先兆。➤warning about關於⋯的警告◇a warning about teaching children to swim一則有關教孩子游泳的警告➤warning against針對⋯的告誡◇a warning against complacency不要自滿的告誡➤warning of關於⋯的提醒◇They sent us fair warning of their arrival.他們及時通知了我們他們將要到達。➤warning to給⋯的警告◇The police issued a warning to all drug users in the city.警方向全市所有的吸毒者提出了告誡。PHRASES➤let that/this be a warning (to you)讓那件事/這件事成為(對你的)警告▸➤a word of warning警告的話◇He gave us a word of warning about going out alone at night.他提醒我們夜間不要單獨外出。