care /kɛə/ CET4 TEM4 ( caring, cared, cares )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it. 关注 [no cont]

  例：

  ...a company that cares about the environment.

  …一家关心环境的公司。

  例：

  ...young men who did not care whether they lived or died.

  …一群不在乎自己死活的年轻人。

• 2. 

  V-I If you care for someone, you feel a lot of affection for them. 喜爱 [no cont] [表赞许]

  例：

  He wanted me to know that he still cared for me.

  他想让我知道他仍然爱着我。

• 3. 

  caring N-UNCOUNT 体贴

  例：

  ...the "feminine" traits of caring and compassion.

  …体贴和同情这些“女性”的特质。

• 4. 

  V-I If you care for someone or something, you look after them and keep them in a good state or condition. 照顾

  例：

  They hired a nurse to care for her.

  他们雇了个护士来照顾她。

  例：

  ...these distinctive cars, lovingly cared for by private owners.

  …这些被私家车主精心呵护着的各具特色的汽车。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT Care is also a noun. 照顾

  例：

  Most of the staff specialize in the care of children.

  大部分员工都擅长照顾孩子。

  例：

  ...sensitive teeth which need special care.

  …需要特殊护理的敏感型牙齿。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I You can ask someone if they would care for something or if they would care to do something as a polite way of asking if they would like to have or do something. 想要 [no cont] [礼貌]

  例：

  Would you care for some orange juice?

  你想要些橙汁吗？

• 7. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you do something with care, you give careful attention to it because you do not want to make any mistakes or cause any damage. 谨慎

  例：

  Condoms are an effective method of birth control if used with care.

  避孕套如果谨慎使用，是一种有效的节育方法。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT Your cares are your worries, anxieties, or fears. 烦恼

  例：

  Lean back in a hot bath and forget all the cares of the day.

  躺下享受个热水浴，忘掉一天中所有的烦恼。

• 9. 

  → see also caring, day care, intensive care

• 10. 

  PHRASE You can use for all I care to emphasize that it does not matter at all to you what someone does. 不关某人的事 [强调]

  例：

  You can go right now for all I care.

  你现在就可以走，我才不管呢。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you say that you couldn't care less about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you are not interested in them or worried about them. You can also say that you could care less, with the same meaning. 不在乎 [强调]

  例：

  I couldn't care less about the woman.

  我才不在乎那个女人呢。

  例：

  I don't care if they respect me. I could care less.

  我不在乎他们是否尊重我。我一点都不在乎。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If someone sends you a letter or package care of or in care of a particular person or place, they send it to that person or place, and it is then passed on to you. 经某人转交

  例：

  Please write to me care of the publishers.

  写给我的信请通过出版商转交。

  例：

  He wrote to me in care of my publisher.

  他写信给我，经由我的出版商转交。

• 13. 

  PHRASE If you take care of someone or something, you look after them and prevent them from being harmed or damaged. 照顾某人/某事

  例：

  There was no one else to take care of their children.

  没有其他人照看他们的孩子了。

• 14. 

  PHRASE If you take care to do something, you make sure that you do it. 留意做某事

  例：

  Foley followed Albert through the gate, taking care to close the latch.

  福利随着艾伯特进了大门，留心地把门闩上。

• 15. 

  PHRASE To take care of a problem, task, or situation means to deal with it. 处理某事

  例：

  They leave it to the system to try and take care of the problem.

  他们把问题留给体制去设法解决。

• 16. 

  PHRASE You can say "Who cares?" to emphasize that something does not matter to you at all. 管它呢 [强调]

  例：

  "But we might ruin the stove."—"Who cares?"

  “我们可能会毁了炉子。” —“管它呢！”