careless
外观
英語
[编辑]詞源
[编辑]繼承自中古英語 careles,來自古英語 carlēas (“粗心大意,魯莽行事,毫無顧忌,無憂無慮,自由自在”),等同於care + -less。與冰島語 kærulaus (“粗心,疏忽”)同源。
發音
[编辑]- (標準英音) 國際音標(幫助): /ˈkɛəlɪs/, /ˈkɛələs/
- (通用美式) 國際音標(幫助): /kɛɹ.ləs/, /kɛɚ.ləs/
- (澳大利亞) 國際音標(幫助): /keː.ləs/
- (新西蘭,cheer–chair合併) 國際音標(幫助): /kiə.ləs/
- (新西蘭,無cheer–chair合併) 國際音標(幫助): /keə.ləs/
- (蘇格蘭) 國際音標(幫助): /keɹ.ləs/
- (蘭開夏,fair–fur合併) 國際音標(幫助): /kɜː(ɹ).ləs/
- 韻部:-ɛə(ɹ)ləs
形容詞
[编辑]careless (比較級 more careless,最高級 most careless)
- 不關心的,不擔心的(自11世紀)
- 輕率的,大意的,疏忽的,粗心的(自16世紀)
- 近義詞:negligent, reckless;亦參見Thesaurus:careless
- Jessica was so careless that she put her shorts on backwards.
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- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 132:
- These ballads, none of which are later than the fifteenth century, are written in a strain of the most artless simplicity, not the slightest attempt at ornament is to be discerned in them; the same ideas and expressions continually recur, and the rimes are the most careless imaginable, often a mere assonnance in vowels or consonants, sometimes not possessing even that slight similarity of sound.
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- (古舊) 不憂慮的,無焦慮的(自11世紀)
- 近義詞:laid-back, unconcerned;亦參見Thesaurus:carefree
- Jessica was careless about putting her shorts on properly.
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- 1851年 11月14日,赫爾曼·梅爾維爾,第27章,收錄於白鯨記,1st American版,紐約州紐約:Harper & Brothers;London: Richard Bentley,→OCLC:
- Good-humored, easy, and careless, he presided over his whale-boat as if the most deadly encounter were but a dinner, and his crew all invited guests.
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