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

• 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。
• It is very careless of me, I should have returned the book earlier. remiss of you not to pay your Bill;
  我太粗心大意了，本该老早把书还你的。你太粗心了没有付帐；
• The normal kitchenware waste much time in cooking, and easy to burn the food, if there is high voltage setting or electro, it is very danger once be remiss of!
  普通锅煮东西耗费时间长，还容易烧焦食物，如果有高压装置或者用电，疏于照管甚至还会出现险情，危及安全。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She felt that if I were completely remiss in religious conformity it would cast doubt upon the staunchness of her faith.
  她认为如果我在遵奉宗教上完全疏忽大意的话，那会使别人对她那坚定不移的信仰产生怀疑。
• 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。
• Lastly, we would be remiss if we did not illustrate a sample log file from a no-quorum situation.
  最后，如果我们不展示一个非quorum情形的样例日志文件似乎有些说不过去。
• And when you have that type of player, we certainly would have been remiss had we let Vince get away.
  当手边有文斯这样一名球员时，放他溜走无疑是我们的失职。