failing to take proper care over something 疏忽的,玩忽的;忽略的 the council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care. 委员会一直疏于监护收容的孩子。
派生 negligently adverb 语源
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin negligent- 'disregarding', from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere 'disregard, slight': see neglect)