negligent

• adj. 疏忽的；粗心大意的

来自neglect,忽视。引申词义疏忽，失职。

negligent (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French negligent "careless, negligent" (13c.) or directly from Latin negligentem "heedless, careless, unconcerned" (see negligence). Related: Negligently.

1. Retrospectively, it seems as if they probably were negligent.

回想起来，他们似乎很可能疏忽了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Laura acknowledged this compliment with a negligent wave of her left hand.

劳拉随意挥了挥左手算是听到了这个赞扬。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The Council had acted in a negligent manner.

市政会的做法属于失职。

来自柯林斯例句

4. 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。

来自《权威词典》

5. The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.

委员会听说他玩忽职守.

来自《简明英汉词典》