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heedlessness

/heed-lis/US // ˈhid lɪs //UK // (ˈhiːdlɪs) //

轻率,粗心大意,无所事事,轻率的

Related Words

inattentive不专心,心不在焉,不专心致志,不专心的reckless鲁莽的,不顾一切,不顾一切的,不顾一切地daydreaming白日梦,白日做梦,做白日梦,遐想fast and loose贪得无厌,贪杯,贪得无厌的人,贪图便宜feckless无所事事,无所作为,无所事事的,无所作为的foolhardy蛮干的,愚昧的,蛮干,勇敢的impetuous浮躁的,浮躁,急躁,急于求成imprudent轻率,不谨慎,轻率的,不慎inadvertent无意中,不慎,无心之失,粗心大意incautious不谨慎的,不慎重,不慎重的,不谨慎inconsiderate不周全,不周全的,不周,不周到neglectful疏忽大意,忽略不计,疏于管理,忽视negligent疏忽大意,疏忽大意的,疏忽,疏忽的oblivious视而不见,忽略不计,漠不关心,视而不见的precipitate沉淀物,沉淀,淀积物,淀rash皮疹,疹子,红疹子,红疹slapdash蜻蜓点水,蜻蜓点水式的,蜻蜓点水式,蜻蜓点水般sloppy粗心大意,马虎,草率,粗枝大叶thoughtless没心没肺,不加思索,不思进取,没心没肺的uncaring漠不关心,无情,不关心,冷漠无情

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounabandon
Synonyms
carelessness大意,粗心大意,疏忽大意,粗心disregard漠视,不理会,不顾,漠不关心freedom自由,自由度,自由权,自由的impulse冲动,冲力,脉冲,冲动的licentiousness淫乱,淫荡,淫乱行为,淫乱性recklessness鲁莽行事,鲁莽行为,鲁莽,罔顾后果spontaneity自发,自发性,自主性,自发行动thoughtlessness粗心大意,轻率,粗心,无思想unrestraint无拘无束,不受约束,不受限制,无拘束wantonness肆意妄为,恣意妄为,放荡不羁,恣意wildness野性,狂野性,狂野,野生uninhibitedness无拘无束,不羁,不拘束,不拘一格

Examples

  • Then again, everyone around her seems prone to equally heedless decisions.

  • Peter had many great skills, but even in his prime he was a heedless driver.

  • That, and what appears to be the heedless greed of a big-time recording company, Interscope Records.

  • For Romney and his operatives to find themselves in this situation is inexplicable, except on grounds of heedless greed.

  • Lives have always been ruined by heedless acts, but perhaps not so loudly and thoroughly.

  • Princeton students are not heedless of obstacles to combining career and family in the real world.

  • He marched on buoyantly, heedless of the wet and the squirting mud from unseen puddles.

  • Because he had sunk into the slough of despond, he would be heedless of the mud that gathered on his garments.

  • The heedless chatter of the ladies, the braying laughs of the men-at-arms, were a little chilled.

  • Barrington laughed as he descended the narrow stairs, but he was not heedless of his companion's warnings.

  • He wrapped him in every piece of dry clothing he could find, and supported his head, heedless of the blood which covered him.

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