| 词汇 | negligence |
| 释义 | negligence noun[ U ] uk /ˈneɡ.lɪ.dʒəns/ us /ˈneɡ.lə.dʒəns/ C2 the fact of not giving enough care or attention to someone or something: 疏忽，过失 medical negligence医疗事故 the fact of not doing something you should failureFailure to follow the employee guidelines can lead to your immediate termination. defaultThe bank seized his house because his mortgage was in default. malpracticeThe surgeon was sued for malpractice. derelictionHe was dishonourably discharged for dereliction of duty. neglectCorruption and neglect resulted in a government that was weakened enough to be overthrown. negligenceEducational standards deteriorated thanks to the negligence of the administration. Neglecting and ignoring aside beneath the/someone's radaridiom block something out brush someone/something off bury/have your head in the sandidiom ear lay let sleeping dogs lieidiom let something rideidiom look straight/right through someoneidiom lose the dressing roomidiom lost nose slightingly snub someone's back is turnedidiom step step on someone stiff-arm wink You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Treating people or animals badly negligence | Business Englishnegligence noun[ U ] LAWuk /ˈneɡlɪdʒəns/us failure to give enough care or attention to someone or something that you are responsible for: alleged/criminal/professional negligenceShe is claiming damages for alleged negligence in the handling of a commercial transaction. The company was sued for gross negligence after the death of the two employees. See also contributory negligence Examples of negligencenegligence Prospective research subjects should not be invited to consent to what by law would constitute negligence in the practice of medicine. Complaints can cover any aspect of the solicitor's work, excluding negligence. All those involved in its making must bear culpability for the sheer human cost of their astounding negligence. The payment of damages for negligence, is, in contrast, entirely without redeeming features. There have been some dramatic prosecutions of commercial fraud, or what may be seen as criminal negligence. Such cases exemplify how, even though a negligence claim may be successful, damages are still not awarded. What is needed, therefore, is a justification for punishing criminal negligence that will not extend to ordinary negligence. If negligence is itself wrongdoing and the parties are equally negligent, then-it might be argued-the liability of the parties ought to be similar. As is no doubt obvious, implementing a natural lottery rule is superficially identical to the standard practice of negligence law. We do not even begin to think of seeking compensation for mere negligence but almost always only for actual harm suffered. We then look at the usage of the word "negligence," because this is a way to gain access to our intuitions about the concept. Three senior medical officials were convicted of criminal negligence and fraud and were sentenced to prison. Suppose two people disagree about an important issue, and the disagreement is not due to one party's epistemic negligence or obliviousness to relevant evidence. The perception of physician negligence was associated with elevated anger. The others were found guilty of financial impropriety or negligence causing losses of revenue to the state. See all examples of negligence These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withnegligencenegligenceThese are words often used in combination with negligence. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. act of negligence There must be some compounding act of negligence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 alleged negligence It serves no one's interests if cases are brought with little prospect of success—least of all the victims of the alleged negligence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 comparative negligence The second and third versions are lumped together in what is called modified comparative negligence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with negligence |
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