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the fact of making a mistake because you forget to do something or you do not notice something 疏忽;忽略;失察 I didn't mean to leave her name off the list; it was an oversight. 我不是有意在名單上漏掉她的名字的,這是個疏忽。 You can never entirely eliminate human error and oversight. 人爲的錯誤和疏失是沒有可能根除的。
Extra ExamplesThe mistake was due to an unfortunate oversight on my part. 這一錯誤是由於我一時疏忽造成的。 Through oversight, the bill was still unpaid. 由於疏忽,賬單仍未支付。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- unfortunate
- administrative
- by (an) oversight
- due to (an) oversight
- through (an) oversight
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- [uncountable] (formal)
the state of being in charge of somebody/something 負責;照管 Extra ExamplesAn enquiry was set up under the oversight of the Police Complaints Authority. 在警察投訴局的監督下進行了調查。 There is support for a system of independent oversight. 獨立監督制度得到了支持。