Negligent

(adj.) characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; 'negligent parents'; 'negligent of detail'; 'negligent in his correspondence' .

编辑:诺拉

• He was mentally the new thing in history, negligent of and rather ignorant of the older things out of which his new world had arisen. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The person who had been called Misse Cassy now came forward, and, with a haughty, negligent air, delivered her basket. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• His family knew him to be, on all common occasions, a most negligent and dilatory correspondent; but at such a time they had hoped for exertion. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Certainly; and if he is lazy or negligent, I will write his excuses myself. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He lifted his eyebrows with a negligent, indifferent expression. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He also insisted upon a future life, the fear of hell for the negligent and evil, and the reservation of paradise for the believer in the One God. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• How could I be so ridiculous and negligent? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• In the composition of this statute, the legislature itself seems to have been as negligent as the copiers were in the transcription of the other. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• They were dressed to correspond, though in a most untidy and negligent way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Negligent, indeed, she was not. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• True, says the negligent lounger; picking cotton isn't hard work. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Holmes strolled round the house with his hands in his pockets and a negligent air which was unusual with him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• You will often find me awkward, but never negligent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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