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

• 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。
• The risk managers of banks would be remiss if they did not make contingency plans for such an eventuality.
  银行的风控经理如果未就这一可能情形制定相应的应急计划，足以被认为是玩忽职守。
• 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。
• Nourish blood to tranquilize mind, appease neural system, remiss fatigue, improve sleeping and increase sleeping quality step by step.
  养血安神、解烦助眠，对精神系统有安抚作用，缓解人体疲劳，逐步改善睡眠，提高睡眠质量。
• 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。
• 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。
• It would be remiss and premature to suggest that Vidic, at28, has peaked and is on the way down after what may amount to little more than a minor blip.
  大部分人认为这不过是28岁的维迪奇的一些小失误，而不会认为他将会开始走下坡路。
• Much of the media has been remiss, too: most mainstream outlets all but ignored the fact that a revolution was under way in finance during the first seven years of this decade.
  很多媒体也没有负起责任，大部分主流媒体都忽略了这样一个事实：本世纪头七年，正在出现一场金融革命。
• She had clearly been remiss in her duty.
  她在工作中显然马马虎虎。
• 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。