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

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。
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。
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。
It was remiss of me not to answer your letter.
没有给你回信，这是我的疏忽。
It was remiss of him not to reply.
他一时疏忽忘记回信了。
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。
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。
While on the subject of Agile Testing, we would be remiss not to mention the Agile Testing Days Conference that just took place in Berlin.
说到敏捷测试，我们不能不提到刚刚在柏林举办的AgileTestingDays会议。
Last but not least, it would be remiss not to mention Rockets assistant coach Tom Thibodeau.
最后，我们还必须说一下火箭队的助理教练希波杜，这一点也很重要。
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。