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

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。
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。
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。
One planned backend is supposed to be led by me& but I have been remiss in developing initial versions.
一个已经规划好的后端被期望由我来负责―但是在开发最初的版本时，我有点懈怠。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。