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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 have never used them myself, nor been in projects that used them in earnest, so I cannot comment on their worth, but I would be remiss if I did not mention their existence.
  我自己从来没有用过这些工具，也没有在项目中用过，所以我说不好其价值，但是我要是不提及其存在就是我的不对了。
• 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。