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

• She had clearly been remiss in her duty.
  她在工作中显然马马虎虎。
• 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。
• It was remiss of him not to reply.
  他一时疏忽忘记回信了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And yet I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated.
  不过，如果不坦承你们这项厚爱有加的决定所引起的相当激烈的争议，那我就有失疏忽了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。