| 英语单词 | negligence |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['neɡlɪdʒəns] 美 ['neɡlɪdʒəns] |
| 中文释义 | n.疏忽;不修边幅;渎职 |
| 英语例句 | (1) He was sharply reprimanded for his negligence. (2) The accident was due to her negligence. (3) His negligence was nothing less than criminal. (4) He dressed with easy negligence. (5) He was dismissed on the grounds of negligence. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他因玩忽职责而受到严厉的申斥。 (2) 这次事故是因她疏忽所致。 (3) 他的粗心大意无异於犯罪。 (4) 他穿着潇洒随便。 (5) 他因渎职而遭解雇。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you are careless or reckless and you don’t take care of a person, object or situation like you ought to, you are practicing negligence. "Her negligence of the house resulted in its being condemned by the city." |
| vocabulary扩展 | The noun negligence comes from a Latin word that means “carelessness.” Negligence can come in many forms: negligence of one's children can lead to foster care, negligence while driving can cause fatal accidents, negligence of work can lead to the loss of a job, and negligence of nutrition can cause health problems. There is culpability in negligence. Negligence is when one neglects to do things that should be done, and there are usually consequences. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]疏忽;失误;失职 If someone is guilty of negligence, they have failed to do something which they ought to do. [FORMAL 正式]
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