neg·li·gent

adjective

/ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/

(law or formal) failing to give somebody/something enough care or attention, especially when this has serious results疏忽的；造成过失的
- The company was found to have been grossly negligent.该公司被发现存在严重疏忽。
- negligent in something The hospital was negligent in the way it cared for this young man.医院对这个年轻人疏于照顾。
- negligent in (not) doing something The school had been negligent in not informing the child's parents about the incident.校方疏忽了，没有向这孩子的父母通报这件事。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- seem
adverb
- grossly
- criminally
preposition
- in
- over
(literary) (of a person or their manner) relaxed; not formal放松的；随便的 synonym nonchalant
- He waved his hand in a negligent gesture.他漫不经心地挥了挥手。
- her negligent grace她疏忽的恩典

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin negligent- ‘disregarding’, from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere ‘disregard, slight’, from neg- ‘not’ + legere ‘choose, pick up’).

单词	negligent
释义	neg·li·gent adjective /ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/ /ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/ (law or formal) failing to give somebody/something enough care or attention, especially when this has serious results疏忽的；造成过失的 The company was found to have been grossly negligent.该公司被发现存在严重疏忽。 negligent in something The hospital was negligent in the way it cared for this young man.医院对这个年轻人疏于照顾。 negligent in (not) doing something The school had been negligent in not informing the child's parents about the incident.校方疏忽了，没有向这孩子的父母通报这件事。 Topics Difficulty and failurec2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be seem adverb grossly criminally preposition in over (literary) (of a person or their manner) relaxed; not formal放松的；随便的 synonym nonchalant He waved his hand in a negligent gesture.他漫不经心地挥了挥手。 her negligent grace她疏忽的恩典 Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin negligent- ‘disregarding’, from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere ‘disregard, slight’, from neg- ‘not’ + legere ‘choose, pick up’).
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