remiss
pronunciation
UK [rɪˈmɪs]
US [rɪˈmɪs]
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- adj.
- 玩忽职守的，马虎
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- adv.
- 玩忽职守地
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- n.
- 玩忽职守，马虎
Word Origin
remiss 疏忽的，懈怠的
来自拉丁语 remittere,松开，松懈，减轻，送走，来自 re-,向后，往回，mittere,送出，送走， 词源同 emit,remit.-ss,过去分词格。引申词义疏忽的，懈怠的。
Antonym
Example
- 1. The government 's remiss has triggered a forceful reaction .
- 政府的大意已经触发了强烈的反应。
- 2. The mayor said he would ' be remiss ' if he didn 't note , ' the best kiss of the night ' came from ms. taylor .
- 他说，如果自己没有明白表示新年前夜的最佳亲吻来自泰勒，那将是自己的“失职”。
- 3. It was remiss of me not to answer your letter .
- 没有给你回信，这是我的疏忽。
- 4. I have been very remiss in writing to you .
- 我不曾写信给你，实在疏忽之至。
- 5. It was remiss of the watchman not to tell us about the broken lock .
- 看更没通知我们那把锁坏了，真是疏忽。
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