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

It was remiss of me not to ask you.
没有问你是我的疏忽。
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。
Before closing, I would be remiss not to mention performance.
在结束之前，如果不提一下性能就是我的失职了。
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。
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。
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。
I have never used them myself, nor been in projects that used them in earnest, so I cannot comment on their worth, but I would be remiss if I did not mention their existence.
我自己从来没有用过这些工具，也没有在项目中用过，所以我说不好其价值，但是我要是不提及其存在就是我的不对了。
She felt that if I were completely remiss in religious conformity it would cast doubt upon the staunchness of her faith.
她认为如果我在遵奉宗教上完全疏忽大意的话，那会使别人对她那坚定不移的信仰产生怀疑。
I'd be remiss if we don't detain him.
如果我们不拘押他，我就是玩忽职守。
And when you have that type of player, we certainly would have been remiss had we let Vince get away.
当手边有文斯这样一名球员时，放他溜走无疑是我们的失职。