英语词汇“careless”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

careless

/ˈkɛːləs

adjective

1Not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors: she had been careless and had left the window unlocked a careless error...

Employers have every right to take reasonable steps to protect themselves from harm from malicious or careless workers.
Pray that whatever has caused them to be so careless doesn't harm them or someone else.
It is not fair on others to behave in a careless, foolhardy fashion.

Synonyms

inattentive, incautious, negligent, remiss;

forgetful, absent-minded;

heedless, irresponsible, impetuous, reckless

informal sloppy, couldn't care less, slap-happy

shoddy, slapdash, slipshod, scrappy, slovenly, unconsidered, amateurish, negligent, lax, slack, wild, disorganized;

hasty, hurried, perfunctory, cursory, thrown together, sketchy, hit-or-miss;

inaccurate, imprecise, inexact, incorrect, wrong, erroneous, error-ridden

informal sloppy, slap-happy, scatterbrained

British vulgar slang half-arsed

thoughtless, unthinking, insensitive, indiscreet, unguarded, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-thought-out, unwise, misguided, incautious, inadvertent, rash, foolhardy;

hasty, spur-of-the-moment, hare-brained

negligent in, mindless of, heedless of, improvident about, unconcerned about, indifferent to, oblivious to;

reckless about, remiss in, slapdash about, slipshod about, frivolous about

informal sloppy in, messy in

1.1(Of an action or its result) showing or caused by a lack of attention: he admitted careless driving a careless error...

In planning a quilt, my reaction to this ordered system has always been a reckless measuring which produces careless results.
Why 100,000 Americans die each year in our nation's hospitals as a result of careless medical mistakes.
And, yes, there were tragic accidents to mar it, resulting from careless handling of the fireworks.

1.2 (careless of/about) Not concerned or worried about: he was careless of his own safety...

The three main parties focus on these ‘swing’ voters and the issues that concern them, careless of the views of the rest of us.
That made him careless about liberty and willing to use the authority of the state to create the sort of society he wanted to see.
No one suggests that the government should be casual or careless about the terrorists in our midst.

1.3Showing no interest or effort; casual: she gave a careless shrug...

So we covered 1,500 kilometres and more - the actual spots seldom reveal themselves to a casual or careless traveller.
The careless, the casual, the thoughtless reader will come away from them no wiser than he was before.
‘I never felt like I belonged in that world,’ he says with a careless shrug.

Synonyms

unstudied, artless, casual, effortless, unconcerned, nonchalant, insouciant, languid, leisurely, informal

informal couldn't-care-less

Origin

Old English carlēas 'free from care' (see care, -less).

单词	careless
释义	careless /ˈkɛːləs / adjective 1Not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors: she had been careless and had left the window unlocked a careless error... Employers have every right to take reasonable steps to protect themselves from harm from malicious or careless workers. Pray that whatever has caused them to be so careless doesn't harm them or someone else. It is not fair on others to behave in a careless, foolhardy fashion. Synonyms inattentive, incautious, negligent, remiss; forgetful, absent-minded; heedless, irresponsible, impetuous, reckless informal sloppy, couldn't care less, slap-happy shoddy, slapdash, slipshod, scrappy, slovenly, unconsidered, amateurish, negligent, lax, slack, wild, disorganized; hasty, hurried, perfunctory, cursory, thrown together, sketchy, hit-or-miss; inaccurate, imprecise, inexact, incorrect, wrong, erroneous, error-ridden informal sloppy, slap-happy, scatterbrained British vulgar slang half-arsed thoughtless, unthinking, insensitive, indiscreet, unguarded, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-thought-out, unwise, misguided, incautious, inadvertent, rash, foolhardy; hasty, spur-of-the-moment, hare-brained negligent in, mindless of, heedless of, improvident about, unconcerned about, indifferent to, oblivious to; reckless about, remiss in, slapdash about, slipshod about, frivolous about informal sloppy in, messy in 1.1(Of an action or its result) showing or caused by a lack of attention: he admitted careless driving a careless error... In planning a quilt, my reaction to this ordered system has always been a reckless measuring which produces careless results. Why 100,000 Americans die each year in our nation's hospitals as a result of careless medical mistakes. And, yes, there were tragic accidents to mar it, resulting from careless handling of the fireworks. 1.2 (careless of/about) Not concerned or worried about: he was careless of his own safety... The three main parties focus on these ‘swing’ voters and the issues that concern them, careless of the views of the rest of us. That made him careless about liberty and willing to use the authority of the state to create the sort of society he wanted to see. No one suggests that the government should be casual or careless about the terrorists in our midst. 1.3Showing no interest or effort; casual: she gave a careless shrug... So we covered 1,500 kilometres and more - the actual spots seldom reveal themselves to a casual or careless traveller. The careless, the casual, the thoughtless reader will come away from them no wiser than he was before. ‘I never felt like I belonged in that world,’ he says with a careless shrug. Synonyms unstudied, artless, casual, effortless, unconcerned, nonchalant, insouciant, languid, leisurely, informal informal couldn't-care-less Origin Old English carlēas 'free from care' (see care, -less).
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