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单词 recklessness
释义
recklessness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈrek.ləs.nəs/us
/ˈrek.ləs.nəs/
dangerousbehaviourthatshowsthat you are notthinkingabout therisksandpossibleresultsofyouractions:
鲁莽；轻率；不顾后果
Theaccidentwas aresultof recklessness.事故是鲁莽造成的。
She hadactedwithextremerecklessness.她的行为极其鲁莽。
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reckless
More examples
  • Dozens ofstafflosttheirjobsbecause of the club'sfinancialrecklessness.
  • Thedeathswere theresultofcriminalrecklessness.
  • Some "protective"measurescanencouragerecklessness.
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
  • reckless
  • tomorrow
  • trigger-happy
  • unafraid
  • with no thought forsomethingidiom
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(Definition ofrecklessnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrecklessness

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All of the faults of the paper, including therecklessnessof the topic, are my own.
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Despite a considerable credit balance, there was 'recklessnessof expenditure'.
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Now it is true that one can make a case for governmentalrecklessnesshere in terms of culpability.
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Why should therecklessnessspoken of here be conceived as chaos?
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The exploring and colonising spirit of the sixteenth century was an amalgam of adventurism, greed, andrecklessness, as displayed here.
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He culpably caused the condition that would negate the prima facie case, but not with purpose, knowledge orrecklessnessthat he would be exculpated.
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The apparentrecklessnessof the act is a testimony to the desperation of the situation.
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Roughly we can distinguish malice,recklessness, negligence, and incompetence.
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Recklessnessis to act knowing that it could cause harm or risk, but not taking this properly into account in deciding whether to act.
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In computer-software use, as in all other areas of clinical practice, good intentions alone may be insufficient to insulaterecklessnessfrom culpability.
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The stage is then set for a systematic treatment in subsequent chapters of human factors, errors, violations, negligence,recklessness, blame, standards of care, expert witnesses, and compensation to the injured.
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He then reinterprets all the other cases of responsible agency, including intended agency, as instances of practical indifference and then brings inadvertentrecklessnessinto the tent.
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The frequency of erroneously overextending or overly limiting the scope of philosophical principles is due to the inherent risk ofrecklessnessor timidity in inductive generalizations.
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Choosing to run an unreasonable risk of a wrongful outcome is only one way of manifesting indifference toward whether it materializes; one may also display this attitude through inadvertentrecklessness.
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The alternative seems to berecklessness.
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