| 单词 | negligent |
| 释义 | neg·li·gent I. 1. < was a careless workman, negligent of detail — Edith Hamilton > < negligent in his correspondence > specifically < negligent about traffic regulations > 2. < negligent speech > < negligent action > : marked by a nonchalant indifference : free from stiffness or restraint : not labored or artificial : unstudied, offhand < converse with negligent ease upon indifferent topics — Arnold Bennett > < wore clothes with a negligent grace > Synonyms: < so negligent in his poetical style … so slovenly, slipshod, and infelicitous — Matthew Arnold > < would come from the kitchen and pass slowly about the table, vaguely negligent unless she was directed by … brief orders — Elizabeth M. Roberts > < negligent about not maintaining a steady watch on the fire > neglectful may be more censorious in centering attention without palliation on the fact of neglect < was not neglectful and would write as soon as he found anything good — Upton Sinclair > < peoples who when they dress themselves are utterly neglectful of what we consider the first requirements of decency — Edward Westermarck > lax implies a want of strictness, stringency, precision, severity, or careful attention, usually a blameworthy want < scandalously lax in restraining drunkards from annoying the sober — G.M.Trevelyan > < their rather lax mental processes allow sweeping generalizations about the riddle of the universe and the mystery that is man — W.L.Sperry > slack suggests want of necessary due care, diligence, attention, or application < if they were slack in performing these arduous duties — G.M.Trevelyan > < one of the oars slipped from her slack grasp and floated beside the drifting skiff — B.A.Williams > remiss strongly implies the fact of blameworthiness or culpability without implication about the degree < so remiss did they become in their attentions that we could no longer rely upon their bringing us the daily supply of food — Herman Melville > < shamefully remiss about paying them — H.E.Scudder > II. archaic |
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