| 单词 | dereliction |
| 释义 | derelictionWord family adjectivederelictnoundereliction der·e·lic·tion /ˌderəˈlɪkʃən/ noun 1. dereliction of duty formalFAIL when someone fails to do what they should do as part of their job 失职，玩忽职守，渎职 Examples from the Corpus dereliction of duty• Retirement at a time when the opposition was strong was seen by many among them as a dereliction of duty.• It would be a dereliction of duty to talk to students only about firms, cheques, and the price of wheat.• Historians note that the Royal Family has survived scandals, an abdication and dereliction of duty before.• This was a disgraceful dereliction of duty.• He should have been put up against a wall and shot, if you ask me, for dereliction of duty.• That is a gross dereliction of duty.• Agit-poppers constantly castigate pop for its dereliction of duty and its straying from being aligned.• The officer in charge was cleared of dereliction of duty.• Many parents, irrespective of class, must also stand condemned for similar dereliction of duty. 2 [uncountableU]POOR the state of being derelict 废弃，弃置 areas of industrial dereliction 工业废弃地区 Examples from the Corpus dereliction• From her point of view, failure to act would be a dereliction of governmental duty.• To shift that burden to schools is a mistake, even a dereliction.• The level of vandalism and dereliction should also be noted.• More buildings were reclaimed from dereliction, more dormitories built for the resettlers flooding in daily, more facilities provided.• Its dereliction over the past two years had been a constant topic of conversation.• I wonder what my father would make of the River Rouge dereliction.• Many parents, irrespective of class, must also stand condemned for similar dereliction of duty. industrial dereliction• It is striking how often nature thrives in the context of human negligence and industrial dereliction. |
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