| 英语单词 | negligent |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['neɡlɪdʒənt] 美 ['neɡlɪdʒənt] |
| 中文释义 | adj.疏忽的;粗心的;不在意的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The intentional or negligent act of the defendant that directly interferes with the plaintiff's exclusive possession of land without lawful justification. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 任何人只要有意图或者是疏忽的侵入他人的土地,同时在没有对方的意识或者许可之下,直接的影响他人享用自己土地就称之为侵入土地。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Use negligent when you want to describe someone who just doesn't give a hoot. You can be negligent at work if you let the work pile up while you play computer games, or you can be negligent at home if you haven't fed your fish for six days straight. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The adjective negligent comes from the Latin word neglegentia, meaning "carelessness." Other words that share the same roots include the noun negligence and neglect — which has both noun and verb forms. All three words have meanings that imply the same sort of thing — a lack of attention to the well being of something or someone. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]疏忽的;玩忽职守的;失职的 If someone in a position of responsibility is negligent, they do not do something which they ought to do.
negligently
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]随便的;放松的;不修边幅的 If you describe a person's movements or manner as negligent, you mean that they look relaxed and informal. [usu ADJ n] [LITERARY 文]
negligently
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