| 单词 | criminal negligence |
| 释义 | > as lemmascriminal negligence criminal negligence n. egregious negligence; (Law) negligence which is serious enough to constitute grounds for criminal charges, typically through harming or endangering people or property. ΚΠ 1706 W. Beauvoir tr. J. Esprit Disc. on Deceitfulness of Humane Virtues xii. 122 Errors then, that spring from the disorders of Passions, may be avoided, and cannot be plac'd among innocent Errors,..since they are the Effects of a criminal Negligence. 1836 Times 10 Sept. 6/6 The waterman..had acted in an imprudent manner in crossing the bows of the steamer, which they did not think amounted to criminal negligence. 1960 W. H. Jennings Canad. Law Bus. & Personal Use ii. 23 Assume Hudson drives her automobile at 120 km/h on a city street, running through several stop signs and automobile signal lights. This conduct constitutes criminal negligence. 2002 N.Y. Times 28 Apr. iv. 14/1 It would be criminal negligence for world diplomacy to miss taking advantage of such a moment. < as lemmas |
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