| 单词 | care |
| 例句 | care noun 1.•the care of the child:safekeeping, supervision, custody, charge, protection, control, responsibility | guardianship, wardship. ANT neglect. 2.•handle with care:caution, carefulness, heedfulness, heed, attention, attentiveness. ANT carelessness. 3.•she chose her words with care:discretion, judiciousness, forethought, thought, regard, heed, mindfulness | accuracy, precision, discrimination. ANT carelessness. 4.•the cares of the day:worry, anxiety, trouble, concern, stress, pressure, strain | sorrow, woe, hardship. 5.•care for the elderly:help, aid, assistance, succor, support | concern, consideration, thought, regard, solicitude | informal TLC. ANT disregard.▶verb •the teachers didn't care about our work:be concerned, worry (oneself), trouble oneself, concern oneself, bother, mind, be interested | informal give a damn, give a hoot. PHRASES care for 1.•he cares for his children:love, be fond of, be devoted to, treasure, adore, dote on, think the world of, worship, idolize. 2.•would you care for a cup of coffee? like, want, desire, fancy, feel like. 3.•hospices care for the terminally ill:look after, take care of, tend (to), attend to, minister to, nurse | be responsible for, keep safe, keep an eye on. USAGE couldn't care less Couldn't care less is the correct and logical phrasing, not could care less —e.g.: “The American people could care less [read couldn't care less ] who's White House Chief of Staff.” (George Will, on “This Week with David Brinkley”; July 3, 1994.) If you could care less, you're saying that you do care some. Invariably, though, writers and speakers who use the phrase mean that they don't care at all. Although some apologists argue that could care less is meant to be sarcastic and not to be taken literally, a more plausible explanation is that the -n't of couldn't has been garbled in sloppy speech and sloppy writing. As American linguist Atcheson L. Hench explains: “A listener has not heard the whole phrase; he has heard a slurred form. Couldn't care has two dental stops practically together, dnt. This is heard only as d and slurring results. The outcome is I c'd care less”. ( American Speech, 159; 1973.).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage. |
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