Circumspect

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"cautious, wary," literally "looking about on all sides," early 15c., from Latin circumspectus "deliberate, guarded, well-considered," past participle of circumspicere"look around, take heed," from circum "around, round about" (see circum-) + specere "to look" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe").

这个词来自拉丁文 "circumspectus"，是 "circumspicere" 的过去分词。"circumspicere" 可以拆分为两个部分： "circum-" 和 "specere"。

1. "circum-"：这个前缀在拉丁文中意为 "around"（周围）。
2. "specere"：这是一个动词，意为 "to look"（看）。

当这两个词元素结合时，"circumspect" 字面上的意思是 "to look around"（环顾四周）。这反映了该词现代的含义，即"谨慎的"或"小心翼翼的"，因为一个谨慎的人在决策之前会“环顾四周”，考虑所有的可能性和潜在的后果。