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

• Nourish blood to tranquilize mind, appease neural system, remiss fatigue, improve sleeping and increase sleeping quality step by step.
  养血安神、解烦助眠，对精神系统有安抚作用，缓解人体疲劳，逐步改善睡眠，提高睡眠质量。
• While on the subject of Agile Testing, we would be remiss not to mention the Agile Testing Days Conference that just took place in Berlin.
  说到敏捷测试，我们不能不提到刚刚在柏林举办的AgileTestingDays会议。
• 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。
• 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。
• It was remiss of me not to answer your letter.
  没有给你回信，这是我的疏忽。
• The risk managers of banks would be remiss if they did not make contingency plans for such an eventuality.
  银行的风控经理如果未就这一可能情形制定相应的应急计划，足以被认为是玩忽职守。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• On-demand is also not in the scope of this discussion but again we would be remiss in not providing a brief connection between on-demand and SOA.
  On-demand也不在我们讨论的范围之内，但是如果在这里不简要地介绍一下On-demand和SOA之间的关系，那将是不负责任的。