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careless adj.
⇨ careless (a careless driver) ⇨ lax (careless mistakes) careless adjective careless ♦︎ negligent ♦︎ forgetful ♦︎ absent-mindedThese words all describe people not giving enough attention and thought to what they are doing so that they forget things or make mistakes. 这些词均表示做事粗心的、健忘的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆very careless / negligent / forgetful◆extremely careless / negligent◆a bit careless / forgetful■ careless not giving enough attention and thought to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes 不小心的；不仔细的；粗心的◆It was careless of me to leave the door open.是我粗心忘了关门。◆Don't be so careless about spelling.别那么粗心大意犯拼写错误。◆He's very careless with money.他在金钱方面很大意。▸ carelessly adverb ◆Someone had carelessly left a window open.有人粗心，一扇窗户忘了关。▸ carelessness noun [uncountable] ◆a moment of carelessness一时的疏忽大意 OPP care ⇨ care noun ■ negligent / /ˈneglɪdʒənt/ / (formal or law 法律 (especially written) failing to give sb/sth enough care or attention, especially when this has serious results 疏忽的（尤指造成严重后果）◆The school had been negligent in not informing the child's parents about the incident.校方疏忽了，没向孩子的父母通报这件事。▸ negligence noun [uncountable] ◆The accident was caused by negligence on the part of the driver.事故是由于司机一方的大意造成的。▸ negligently adverb ◆The defendant drove negligently and hit a lamp post.被告开车大意，撞上了一根路灯柱子。■ forgetful often forgetting things 健忘的；好忘事的◆She has become very forgetful in recent years.近年来她变得非常健忘。■ ˌabsent-ˈminded tending to forget things, perhaps because you are not thinking about what is around you, but about sth else 健忘的；心不在焉的◆Grandpa's becoming quite absent-minded.爷爷变得十分健忘。ⓘ Very clever people who don't think a lot about practical things are often described as absent-minded. 常用absent-minded形容非常聪明而不太考虑现实事物的人◆an absent-minded professor / scientist一个心不在焉的教授／科学家 ▸ absent-mindedly adverb ◆She absent-mindedly twisted a strand of hair around her fingers.她心不在焉地将一缕头发盘绕在手指上。 lax adjective lax ♦︎ sloppy ♦︎ shoddy ♦︎ carelessThese words all describe work or standards of behaviour that show a lack of care, thought or effort. 这些词均表示工作马虎的、行为随便的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆sloppy / shoddy work■ lax (disapproving) not strict or careful enough about work, rules or standards of behaviour 马虎的；不仔细的；不严格的◆The incident has exposed the extremely lax security of the country's banks.这起事件暴露出该国银行安保措施极不严密。◆The inspectors reported a lax attitude to health and safety regulations.检察员通报了对卫生及安全条例的马虎态度。ⓘ Typical collocates of lax are attitude, control, discipline, controls, enforcement, security and standards. * lax的常见搭配词有attitude、control、discipline、controls、enforcement、security和standards。▸ laxity noun [uncountable] (formal) ◆the moral laxity of today's society当今社会的道德失范■ sloppy (rather informal, usually disapproving) showing a lack of care, thought or effort 马虎的；凌乱的；草率的◆I'm usually a bit of a sloppy dresser at weekends.我周末通常衣着有点随便。◆Regional accents are great; sloppy speech is not.乡音悦耳，滥言难忍。◆Your work is sloppy.你的活干得太马虎。ⓘ Sloppy is used to talk about people's clothes or the way they dress * sloppy可形容人的衣服或穿着打扮◆sloppy clothes宽松的衣服◆a sloppy shirt / sweater / dresser宽大松垮的衬衫／毛衣；穿着随便的人the way people think and work 也可形容人的思想和工作方式◆sloppy work / thinking懈怠的工作；散漫的思想and the way people express themselves. 还可形容人的自我表达◆sloppy language / terminology不地道的语言／术语 Sloppy habits might involve leaving clothes lying on the floor, or not putting the top back on a toothpaste tube. * sloppy habits指散漫的生活习惯，如把衣服随意丢在地上，或挤完牙膏后不盖上盖子等。 ■ shoddy (disapproving) (of goods or work) made or done badly and showing a lack of care （商品或工作）做工粗糙的，粗制滥造的，劣质的◆I always complain about bad service or shoddy goods.我总是抱怨服务不周或商品低劣。◆He was accused of shoddy workmanship.有人指责他做工粗糙。ⓘ Shoddy typically describes goods, workmanship, work and service. * shoddy通常用于描述goods、workmanship、work和service。■ careless (disapproving) resulting from a lack of attention, care and thought 粗心造成的；疏忽引起的◆You've made rather a lot of careless mistakes in your work.你工作中出了相当多的疏忽错误。 OPP careful ⇨ detailed |