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inadvertence

/in-uhd-vur-tns/US // ˌɪn ədˈvɜr tns //UK // (ˌɪnədˈvɜːtəns) //

大意,粗心大意,大意失荆州,不慎

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
    • : the act or effect of inattention; an oversight.

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Examples

  • Provision was also made for the case of publication of libellous matter by inadvertence in newspapers.

  • They were like two men who by inadvertence had attempted to pass through a narrow doorway abreast.

  • Whatever her sins, they were not sins of intention, but of inadvertence, and why should she have been punished so persistently?

  • It is difficult to believe that this is not due rather to malignity than inadvertence.

  • By inadvertence, the conversation had touched on a topic concerning which Brand was always either vague or silent.