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单词 reckless
释义
reckless
adjective
uk
/ˈrek.ləs/us
/ˈrek.ləs/
C2
doing somethingdangerousand notworryingabout therisksand thepossibleresults:
鲁莽的；轻率的；不顾后果的
He wasfoundguiltyof recklessdriving.他被判鲁莽驾驶罪名成立。
Synonyms
foolhardy
rash
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not taking or showing enough care and attention
  • carelessThat was careless of you.
  • sloppySpelling mistakes always look sloppy in a formal letter.
  • slapdashHis work is always hurried and slapdash.
  • rashThat was a rash decision - you didn't think about the costs involved.
  • thoughtlessThe Prime Minister made a thoughtless remark about the environment.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Doing things without fear or proper thought
  • bravado
  • carpe diem
  • daredevil
  • desperado
  • devil-may-care
  • hotheadedly
  • hotheadedness
  • impetuous
  • impetuously
  • impetuousness
  • like lemmingsidiom
  • like there is/was no tomorrowidiom
  • precipitate
  • precipitately
  • rashness
  • recklessly
  • tomorrow
  • trigger-happy
  • unafraid
  • with no thought forsomethingidiom
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Related words

recklessly
recklessness
(Definition ofrecklessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

reckless| American Dictionary

reckless
adjective
us
/ˈrek·ləs/
showingalackofcareaboutrisksordanger, andactingwithoutthinkingabout theresultsofyouractions:
Thesepunkshave a recklessdisregardfor thelaw.
Hepleadedinnocentto recklessdrivingcharges.

recklessly

adverbus
/ˈrek·ləs·li/
Shespendshermoneyrecklessly.

recklessness

noun[U]us
/ˈrek·ləs·nəs/
Theaccidentwas aresultof recklessness.
(Definition ofrecklessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

reckless| Business English

reckless
adjective
uk
/ˈrekləs/us
takingrisksand notcaringabout thepossibledangers:
They madeincreasinglyrecklessinvestments.
reckless borrowing/lending/spendingThegovernmentwantstocrackdown ondecadesof recklesslendingbybankstounprofitablecompanies.
(Definition ofrecklessfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreckless

reckless
Is punishment for attempts at crime or forrecklessbehavior illegitimate?
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It was entirely in keeping with his outlook that he should have approached overseas enterprise in an almostrecklessframe of mind.
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Unfortunately, some of the functions seem to be written with a fairlyrecklessdisregard for efficiency.
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Recklessself-expression is here coterminous not just with the surrender of the throne, but with spiritual death.
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They are full of factual errors, gross generalisations andrecklessassumptions.
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Any of these individual violations may be deemed routine, reasoned,recklessor malicious.
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Recklessinclusion of ontology elements from the source ontologies (even when homogeneous) is likely to lead to a problematic, invalid, contradictory, incoherent or inconsistent ontology.
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However, this principle required more flexibility in the post-cold war era when manyrecklessand even brutal belligerent factions fought each other in anarchy.
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For any cautious scholar, this kind of speculating appearsreckless.
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It would have been politicallyrecklesssimply to end the state programme without honouring claims already earned.
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But we would berecklessto assume that even so royalist a form as the masque contains nothing but pure sycophancy.
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The combination ofrecklesslending, deteriorating business conditions, and ballooning foreign debt obligations was devastating.
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She squandered her earnings with the mostrecklessprofusion, and quarrelled with her best friends from the ungovernable petulance of her temper.
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There's no reason to tolerate wreckless driving in place ofrecklessdriving.
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First, people are prone to assent torecklessand dangerous undertakings.
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