(noun.) failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
(noun.) the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern.
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双语例句
The teeth, through negligence and ignorance, receive less attention among the majority of people than any other subject of a personal character. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
In so valuable a produce, the loss occasioned by negligence is so great, as to force even the most careless to attention. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
It was naturally to be expected, therefore, that folly, negligence, and profusion, should prevail in the whole management of their affairs. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Perhaps it is only negligence. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
My illness, I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself by such negligence of my own health, as I had felt even at the time to be wrong. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
After entertaining company, when dinner was over he would go out to correct any negligence in the service with a leather thong. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Negligence and profusion, therefore, must always prevail, more or less, in the management of the affairs of such a company. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
They amended and reconstructed, they had their fashions and their phases of negligence. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
So seldom that any negligence or blunder appears! 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.
If it is very much overpaid, it is apt to suffer, perhaps still more, by their negligence and idleness. 亚当·斯密.国富论.