careless
adjectiveWord Family
- care noun verb
- careful adjective (≠ careless)
- carefully adverb (≠ carelessly)
- caring adjective (≠ uncaring)
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not giving enough attention and thought to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes 不小心的；不仔细的；粗心的 careless driving 粗心的驾驶 a careless worker/driver 粗心大意的工人／司机 - it is careless of somebody to do something
It was careless of me to leave the door open. 怪我粗心忘了关门。 - it is careless to do something
It would be careless to ignore the risks. 忽视风险是粗心的。 - careless of somebody
Losing my phone again was very careless of me. 又丢了手机，是我太粗心了。 - careless with something
He's very careless with money. 他在金钱方面很大意。 - careless about something
Don't be so careless about spelling. 别那么粗心大意犯拼写错误。 - careless about doing something
People have become increasingly careless about revealing personal information online. 人们越来越不小心在网上泄露个人信息。
Extra ExamplesShe had begun to grow careless. 她开始变得粗心了。 Try not to be so careless in the future. 以后千万不要这么粗心大意了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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resulting from a lack of attention and thought 粗心造成的；疏忽引起的 a careless mistake/error 疏忽造成的错误／差错
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- careless of something (formal)
not at all worried about something 不担忧的；无忧无虑的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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not showing interest or effort 淡漠的；不关心的；漫不经心的
Word OriginOld English carlēas ‘free from care’ (see care, -less).