derelict
derelict 英 [ˈderəlɪkt] 美 [ˈdɛrəˌlɪkt]
adj. 玩忽职守的；无主的；被抛弃了的 n. 遗弃物；玩忽职守者；被遗弃的人
名词复数:derelicts
- If something has been abandoned, you can call it derelict. Even if a person has abandoned his responsibilities, you can say that he is derelict in his duties. But don't call a lost child derelict — unless, of course, he has neglected his chores.
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- adj. 玩忽职守的；无主的；被抛弃了的
- n. 遗弃物；玩忽职守者；被遗弃的人
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1. I think the sources of that information were derelict, given the importance of the matter, in not using the new technology and getting that out themselves.
考虑到这件事的重要性，我觉得那个信息线人们没有应用新技术自己披露消息，是他们的失误。
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2. Built in World War Two as an anti-aircraft base to repel German bombers, the derelict platform was taken over 40 years ago by retired army major Paddy Roy Bates who went to live there with his family.
“海国”的前身是一个建于二战时期抵御德国轰炸的防空基地。 40年前，已退休的帕迪·罗伊·贝茨海军少校携家人“占领”了这个被遗弃的平台，并宣布成立“海国”公国。
- derelict (adj.) 1640s, from Latin derelictus "solitary, deserted," past participle of dereliquere "to abandon, forsake, desert," from de- "entirely" + relinquere "leave behind, forsake, abandon, give up," from re- "back" (see re-) + linquere "to leave," from PIE root *leikw- "to leave." Originally especially of vessels abandoned at sea or stranded on shore. As a noun, from 1660s.
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