[mass noun]failure to take proper care over something 疏忽,玩忽 a scheme to protect investors in the event of negligence by their financial advisers. 一项在投资者的理财顾问疏忽时保护投资者的计划。 ■(Law)breach of a duty of care which results in damage (律)玩忽职守
语源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin negligentia, from the verb negligere (variant of neglegere 'disregard, slight': see neglect)