salutary
Word family adverbsalutarilyadjectivesalutarynounsalutariness
sal·u·ta·ry /ˈsæljətəri $ -teri/ adjectiveadj formal LEARNa salutary experience is unpleasant but teaches you something 〔不愉快但〕有教益的salutary experience/lesson/reminder etc Losing money in this way taught young Jones a salutary lesson. 这样赔了钱也算让年轻的琼斯得了个不无益处的教训。
salutary experience/lesson/reminder etc• Experience of reality provides the salutary lesson.• The writing stage, when topics and questions are actually put down, can be quite a salutary experience.• This can be a very salutary experience.• It was a salutary lesson for me on risking rejection and on my perceived notions of status.• It is extremely disconcerting, and the Madness debate provided a salutary lesson for Morrissey, as well as ourselves.• Those incidents are a salutary reminder of the dedication of police officers to protecting the public.• The Crabb incident is a salutary reminder that one should never believe anything a government says about an incident involving intelligence.• More simple salutary lessons were being learned in Britain too. Origin salutary (1400-1500) French salutaire, from
Latin salutaris, from
salus;
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