| 单词 | negligence |
| 释义 | negligence (once / 1315 pages) n 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." 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. WORD FAMILYnegligence: negligences+/negligent: negligence, negligenter, negligently USAGE EXAMPLESPolice are questioning him in connection with negligence. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) The evidence showed ordinary negligence, a prosecutor’s letter said, but not “an aggravated kind of negligence or carelessness” required to file felony charges. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Some online called for them to be prosecuted for negligence. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) 1n failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances Syn|Hypo|Hyper carelessness, neglect, nonperformance dereliction willful negligence comparative negligence(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff concurrent negligence(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately contributory negligence(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence criminal negligence, culpable negligence(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) neglect of duty(law) breach of a duty dodging, escape, evasionnonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do nonfeasancea failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do escape mechanisma form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities malingering, skulkingevading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldieringthe evasion of work or duty circumventionthe act of evading by going around nonaccomplishment, nonachievement an act that does not achieve its intended goal 2n the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern Syn|Hypo|Hyper neglect, neglectfulness delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect a tendency to be negligent and uncaring laxity, laxness, remissness, slacknessthe quality of being lax and neglectful carelessness, sloppiness the quality of not being careful or taking pains |
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