negligent

adjective

/ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/

(law法律 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.该公司被发现严重失职。
- 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
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- seem
adverb
- grossly
- criminally
preposition
- in
- over
(literary) (of a person or their manner人或行为方式、态度) relaxed; not formal放松的；随便的；不拘谨的 synonym nonchalant
- He waved his hand in a negligent gesture.他漫不经心地挥了挥手。
- her negligent grace她粗心的优雅

词源late 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’).

词汇	negligent
释义	negligent adjective /ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/ /ˈneɡlɪdʒənt/ (law法律 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.该公司被发现严重失职。 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 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be seem adverb grossly criminally preposition in over (literary) (of a person or their manner人或行为方式、态度) relaxed; not formal放松的；随便的；不拘谨的 synonym nonchalant He waved his hand in a negligent gesture.他漫不经心地挥了挥手。 her negligent grace她粗心的优雅词源late 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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