- To be imprudent means lacking self-restraint when it would be wise to have it, like that time you started dancing on the table during a math test. Remember that? Everybody else does.
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- adj. 轻率的，鲁莽的；不小心的
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1. But at this particular wedding in the Tuscan countryside, it was decided to make what proved to be an imprudent break with tradition.
但是在托斯卡纳乡村举行的这个婚礼上，这一环节打破了传统习俗，而事实证明此举过于轻率。
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2. Capitalism, we should have remembered, involves at once prudent regulation and the imprudent transgression of old rules, the sharing of risks and the audacity to risk more successfully than others.
我们应该记住，资本主义同时具备审慎的规则以及对旧规则鲁莽的违反，风险的分担以及对风险的毫无顾忌，都远甚于他者。
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3. Never mind that if you want banks to make smart, prudent loans, you probably shouldn’t give money to bankers who sunk themselves by making a lot of stupid, imprudent ones.
无所谓你是否想要银行做出聪明且谨慎的借贷，你似乎都不应该将钱给那些因为放了很多愚蠢且鲁莽的贷款而把自己陷进去的银行。
- imprudent (adj.) late 14c., from Latin imprudentem (nominative imprudens) "not foreseeing, unaware, inconsiderate, heedless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + prudens, contraction of providens, present participle of providere "to provide," literally "to see before (one)" (see provide). Related: Imprudently.
im·pru·dent / ɪmˈpruːdnt ; NAmE ɪmˈpruːdnt / adjective ( formal) not wise or sensible 不明智的；不谨慎的 SYN unwise ◆ It would be imprudent to invest all your money in one company. 把所有的钱都投资在一家公司是不明智的。 OPP prudent ▶ im·pru·dence / ɪmˈpruːdns ; NAmE ɪmˈpruːdns / noun [uncountable ] im·pru·dent·ly / ɪmˈpruːdntli ; NAmE ɪmˈpruːdntli / adverb imprudence imprudences im·pru·dent / ɪmˈpruːdnt ; NAmE ɪmˈpruːdnt / im·pru·dence / ɪmˈpruːdns ; NAmE ɪmˈpruːdns / im·pru·dent·ly / ɪmˈpruːdntli ; NAmE ɪmˈpruːdntli /
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