remiss

英 [rɪˈmɪs]

美 [rɪˈmɪs]

adj.  疏忽; 懈怠; 玩忽职守

GRE

BNC.39548 / COCA.24156

牛津词典

adj.

• 疏忽；懈怠；玩忽职守
  not giving sth enough care and attention
  1. It was remiss of them not to inform us of these changes sooner.
     他们粗心大意，没有早一些通知我们这些变化。
  2. She had clearly been remiss in her duty.
     她在工作中显然马马虎虎。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 懈怠的;疏忽的;不负责任的
  If someone isremiss, they are careless about doing things which ought to be done.
  1. I would be remiss if I did not do something about it.
     如果我对此不做点儿什么，就是不负责任。

英英释义

adj

• failing in what duty requires
  1. derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
  2. neglectful of his duties
  3. remiss of you not to pay your bills
  Synonym:derelictdelinquentneglectful

双语例句

• The judge did not dispute the evidence but told the woman that her boss had done nothing remiss: on the contrary, he was simply being gallant.
  法官并未对证据表示怀疑，但他告诉那位女子：她的老板并没有玩忽职守，相反，他只是在调情。
• She had clearly been remiss in her duty.
  她在工作中显然马马虎虎。
• With Uranus so prominent this month, I would be remiss if I didn't warn you that at times your finances will be volatile.
  这个月天王星的影响是如此突出，此时你的财务是不稳定的，如果我没有提醒你这点的话会是我的过失。
• Of course, it would be remiss of us to not see you along the safest and quickest route to the port.
  如果不能尽快把你安全的送到埠口，那又是我们的失职了。
• Last but not least, it would be remiss not to mention Rockets assistant coach Tom Thibodeau.
  最后，我们还必须说一下火箭队的助理教练希波杜，这一点也很重要。
• It was remiss of him not to reply.
  他一时疏忽忘记回信了。
• Before leaving the discussion of architecture, I would be remiss if I didn't discuss the "architect" job title.
  在停止讨论架构之前，如果我不讨论“架构师”这个职位，就是不负责任。
• It was remiss of me not to answer your letter.
  没有给你回信，这是我的疏忽。
• I'd be remiss if we don't detain him.
  如果我们不拘押他，我就是玩忽职守。
• Before closing, I would be remiss not to mention performance.
  在结束之前，如果不提一下性能就是我的失职了。