He is an intellectual but over-cautious man.

他是一个有知识但过于谨慎的人。

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He wanted confirmation, he was really over-cautious.

他还需要确认，他真的十分谨慎。

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We don't want to go out with a whimper. We know we have to be cautious but we cannot be over-cautious.

我们不想哭泣着离开，我们知道必须要小心谨慎，但不能谨慎过度。

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It is lack of confidence in the recovery that is keeping their investment plans on hold - not over-cautious banks.

BBC: Bank and Treasury's plan A-plus for UK

Perhaps the government has cooled over his modest proposal to provide a way of overturning such things as over-cautious health and safety rulings.

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The meeting came after criticism from the airline industry that governments took an over-cautious approach to the ash cloud crisis last month, grounding flights unnecessarily.

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