negligence
negligence 英 [ˈneglɪdʒəns] 美 [ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəns]
n. 疏忽；失职
名词复数:negligences
- When you are careless or reckless and you don’t take care of a person, object or situation like you ought to, you are practicing negligence. "Her negligence of the house resulted in its being condemned by the city."
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- n. 疏忽；失职
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1. The accident was caused by negligence on the part of the driver.
事故是由于司机的过失造成的。
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2. The doctor was sued for medical negligence.
这名医生因为引致医疗事故而被起诉。
- negligence (n.) mid-14c., from Old French negligence "negligence, sloth; injury, injustice" (12c.), and directly from Latin neclegentia, neglegentia "carelessness, heedlessness, neglect," from neglegentem (nominative neglegens) "heedless, careless, unconcerned," present participle of neglegere "to neglect" (see neglect (v.)).
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