| 单词 | irresponsible |
| 释义 | irresponsible (ɪrɪspɒnsɪbəl ) adjective B2 If you describe someone as irresponsible, you are criticizing them because they do things without properly considering their possible consequences. [disapproval] It was clearly irresponsible to fly a drone close to an airport. It would be irresponsible of me not to advise my company to abandon this project. Synonyms: thoughtless, reckless, careless, wild irresponsibly (ɪrɪspɒnsɪbli ) adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] They have behaved irresponsibly. irresponsibility (ɪrɪspɒnsɪbɪlɪti ) uncountable noun ...the irresponsibility of people who advocate such destruction to our environment. Collocations: completely irresponsible It would be 'completely irresponsible' to approve the project if estimated costs continued to rise, he said. Times, Sunday Times He also said that the channel was completely irresponsible for claiming that opposition leaders supported the fictional invasion. Times, Sunday Times We are living through a pandemic where half the people are being completely irresponsible and so many innocent people have died. The Sun Police said he was 'completely irresponsible'. The Sun These are large, successful stores which have acted in a completely irresponsible manner, he added. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I think it's highly irresponsible of teachers to condone, tacitly or explicitly, pupils walking out of school. Times, Sunday Times I think the people that did nominate him are highly irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times These books have been dispersed in a highly irresponsible manner. The Times Literary Supplement We think it's highly irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times It would be highly irresponsible of me to be dropping anything in the open. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet, even if they don't, their apparently irresponsible action could still make eminent financial sense because look how much the average investor withdrew: only 20,000. Times, Sunday Times To arrest him and remove him from the scene would loosen restraint on those and open the way for more irresponsible action. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If he comes a third time, we tell him that unless he corrects his irresponsible actions, we won't help again. Christianity Today Some irresponsible actions of certain members of this police turned over the public opinion which became discreditory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, they often, at times, have to pay for their irresponsible actions, as they always get into more trouble than they thought. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many feared they would face bigger bills and more bureaucracy, while irresponsible owners would ignore the law. Times, Sunday Times Power to remove callous staff and irresponsible owners should be incorporated into the structure. Times, Sunday Times Focus on the irresponsible owners. The Sun All horses will have to be microchipped within two years, making it harder for irresponsible owners to hide. Times, Sunday Times We are dealing with the consequences of exceptionally irresponsible owners. Times, Sunday Times There were fears that this would lead to irresponsible spending. Times, Sunday Times It has been forced upon us by the dual forces of globalisation and our own irresponsible spending habits. Times, Sunday Times Ministers will admit they must stop their irresponsible spending spree - but not for now. The Sun But it doesn't, because of its irresponsible spending spree during the good years. Times, Sunday Times That approach - screening out those companies involved in activities seen to be socially irresponsible or even immoral - still holds good today. Times, Sunday Times Critics said that it was a backwards and socially irresponsible step that would lead to 'further ghettoisation'. Times, Sunday Times We've said they're either thick or ungrateful or lazy or socially irresponsible or some combination of all of those. The Sun These trends are commercially short-sighted as well as socially irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times She said the ad was 'socially irresponsible' because it risked inundating homes with tonnes of unwanted cat food. Times, Sunday Times I would do something very well, build up everyone's expectations, and then turn around to do something totally irresponsible. Christianity Today Cops called him 'totally irresponsible'. The Sun The shopkeepers were last night 'totally irresponsible' by experts. The Sun Fast forward to today, and the idea of not recycling seems totally irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times It would be totally irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times Emulate them today and you're likely to be considered utterly irresponsible. Times, Sunday Times They did a stellar job of counteracting early false information and scare tactics - especially the unsettling, divisive and utterly irresponsible rubbish regularly spewed out online. The Sun It's utterly irresponsible to burn food to make fuel. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 不负责任的 Japanese: いい加減な |
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