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 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。
• It was remiss of me not to answer your letter.
  没有给你回信，这是我的疏忽。
• 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。
• She had clearly been remiss in her duty.
  她在工作中显然马马虎虎。
• Yet this country has been remiss in educating a sufficient number of men and women with the requisite linguistic skills.
  可是国家却没有培养出足够数量的、具有必要外语能力的人才。
• 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；
• It was remiss of me not to ask you.
  没有问你是我的疏忽。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'd be remiss if we don't detain him.
  如果我们不拘押他，我就是玩忽职守。