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

• One planned backend is supposed to be led by me& but I have been remiss in developing initial versions.
  一个已经规划好的后端被期望由我来负责―但是在开发最初的版本时，我有点懈怠。
• If agency is remiss in obligation and causes damages, it should assume the burden of state compensation.
  如怠于履行义务并造成损害后果，行政机关应当承担国家赔偿责任。
• It was remiss of him not to reply.
  他一时疏忽忘记回信了。
• 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。
• On-demand is also not in the scope of this discussion but again we would be remiss in not providing a brief connection between on-demand and SOA.
  On-demand也不在我们讨论的范围之内，但是如果在这里不简要地介绍一下On-demand和SOA之间的关系，那将是不负责任的。
• And I'd be remiss in not pointing out MINI's dismal record of reliability.
  MINI的可靠性记录乏善可陈。如果不提及这点，那我就太不负责任了。
• 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。
• Of course, I'd be remiss to ignore what else was happening in the world.
  当然，我马虎大意的忽视了当时世界上发生的其他事情。
• 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。