prudent: [14] Prudent and provident are as it were two separate goes at the same word. Both were formed from the Latin prefix prō- ‘before, in advance’ and vidēns, the present participle of vidēre ‘see’ (and hence etymologically mean ‘foreseeing’). The pre-classical coinage was contracted to prūdēns ‘farsighted, wise’, which reached English via Old French prudent. Provident comes from the uncontracted prōvidēns, part of the paradigm of prōvidēre (source of English provide). => provide
prudent (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French prudent "with knowledge, deliberate" (c. 1300), from Latin prudentem (nominative prudens) "knowing, skilled, sagacious, circumspect;" rarely in literal sense "foreseeing;" contraction of providens, present participle of providere "to foresee" (see provide). Related: Prudently.
双语例句
1. Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks.
别那么玩命，冒险时要谨慎些。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Prudent people are not going to take a leap in the dark.
小心谨慎的人是不会轻易冒险的。
来自柯林斯例句
3. It might be more prudent to get a second opinion before going ahead.
行动之前再征求一下意见也许更为慎重。
来自《权威词典》
4. A prudent man saves part of his wages.
深谋远虑的人会将一部分工资存起来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. A prudent traveller never disparages his own country.
