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law 法律 failing to give somebody/something enough care or attention, especially when this has serious results 疏忽的；造成过失的 The company was found to have been grossly negligent. 该公司被发现严重失职。 - negligent in something
The hospital was negligent in the way it cared for this young man. 医院对这个年轻人疏于照顾。 - negligent in (not) doing something
The school had been negligent in not informing the child's parents about the incident. 校方疏忽了，没有向这孩子的父母通报这件事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- grossly
- criminally
- in
- over
- (literary)
(of a person or their manner 人或行为方式、态度 relaxed; not formal 放松的；随便的；不拘谨的
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin negligent- ‘disregarding’, from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere ‘disregard, slight’, from neg- ‘not’ + legere ‘choose, pick up’).