negligent
/ˈneglɪdʒənt/adjective
- failing to take proper care over something疏忽的, 玩忽的; 忽略的:
the council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care.
委员会一直疏于监护收容的孩子。
派生词
negligently
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin negligent- 'disregarding', from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere 'disregard, slight': see NEGLECT).