Word · Frequency #505
cares
关心；在意
cares is the third person singular of care.
To be concerned about something; to feel interest or worry about it.
- 1.
To be concerned (about), to have an interest (in); to feel concern (about).
关心,对......感兴趣；感到担忧
- 2.
(with for) To look after or look out for.
照顾或照料
照顾；照料；关心,对......感兴趣；感到担忧；照顾或照料；关心；介意
In use
She cares deeply about the environment.
He cares for his elderly mother every day.
I don't care what they think.
Verb forms
base care · third person cares · -ing caring · past cared · past participle cared
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- care about
- 关心；在乎
- She really cares about her students.她真的很关心她的学生。
- care for
- 照顾；照料
- He cared for his mother after her surgery.母亲手术后，他照顾她。
- not care
- 不在乎；不关心
- I don't care what people think.我不在乎别人怎么想。
- couldn't care less
- 毫不在乎
- I couldn't care less about the gossip.我对那些闲话一点也不在乎。
- who cares
- 谁在乎；管它呢
- Who cares if it rains? We're staying home.下雨有什么关系？我们待在家里。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拼写 care 里有 car——开车时要小心照顾乘客，记住 care=关心、照料。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：朋友或同事交谈、书面报告或邮件、医疗护理场合 care 作动词时，在朋友或同事交谈等日常场合通常表示“关心、在意”，语气较中性；在书面报告或医疗护理场合则常用 care for 表示“照顾、照料”，比较常见于正式或书面表达。具体语气随搭配和场合有所不同。
Grammar Note
When followed by 'to', it is used with infinitive (e.g., care to do).
Pronunciation & Spelling
care、share、bare、dare、fare、rare、stare 都押 /er/（美式发音）。注意 car /kɑr/ 和 are /ɑr/ 拼写相似，但不与 care 押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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