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

• 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。
• She had clearly been remiss in her duty.
  她在工作中显然马马虎虎。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was remiss of him not to reply.
  他一时疏忽忘记回信了。
• It was remiss of me not to answer your letter.
  没有给你回信，这是我的疏忽。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。