英语释义

1. the quality or state of being negligent

2. failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances
… his naivete and negligence had been the source of his problems.
— Michael Leahy

3. an act or instance of being negligent
regretted his past negligences

4. failure to take the care that a responsible person usually takes lack of normal care or attention

5. failure to take proper or normal care of something or someone

6. failure to exercise the degree of care expected of a person of ordinary prudence in like circumstances in protecting others from a foreseeable and unreasonable risk of harm in a particular situation also conduct that reflects this failure — called also ordinary negligence, simple negligence — compare abuse sense 2, due care, intent Note: Negligence may render one civilly and sometimes criminally liable for resulting injuries. — collateral negligence negligence on the part of an independent contractor that is not connected with a manner of working or risk ordinarily associated with particular work and for which the employer of the contractor is not liable

7. negligence of one among multiple parties involved in an injury that is measured (as in percentages) according to the degree of its contribution to the injury
the comparative negligence of the plaintiff

8. a doctrine, rule, or method of apportioning liability and damages in tort law: negligence and damages are determined by reference to the proportionate fault of the plaintiff and defendant with the negligence of the plaintiff not constituting an absolute bar to recovery from the defendant — compare contributory negligence in this entry Note: The great majority of states have replaced the doctrine of contributory negligence with that of comparative negligence.

9. an affirmative defense alleging comparative negligence by the plaintiff

10. negligence on the part of a plaintiff that contributed to the injury at issue

11. a now largely abolished doctrine in tort law: negligence on the part of a plaintiff that contributed to the injury at issue will bar recovery from the defendant also an affirmative defense based on this doctrine

12. a gross deviation from the standard of care expected of a reasonable person that is manifest in a failure to protect others from a risk (as of death) deriving from one's conduct and that renders one criminally liable — called also culpable negligence — compare gross negligence in this entry

13. negligence that is marked by conduct that presents an unreasonably high degree of risk to others and by a failure to exercise even the slightest care in protecting them from it and that is sometimes associated with conscious and willful indifference to their rights — see also recklessness — compare criminal negligence in this entry

14. negligence that consists of a violation of a statute especially designed to protect the public safety Note: Recovery may be had on a theory of negligence per se when the harm resulting from the violation is the type that the statute is designed to prevent, the plaintiff is a member of the class of persons sought to be protected by the statute, and the violation is the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury.

15. negligence

16. failure to do something (as to discover a dangerous condition on one's property) that is not a breach of an affirmative duty and that in combination with another's act is a cause of injury

17. failure to exercise the great degree of care typical of an extraordinarily prudent person Note: The category of slight negligence is used much less frequently than ordinary negligence and gross negligence, the other members of a three-level classification that was formerly prevalent.

英汉例句

• about its objective aspect, mainly analyze its four characteristics that distinguish with the ordinary negligence crime.

  针对业务过失犯罪的客观方面，主要分析其与普通过失犯罪相区别的四个特征。

• it falls into an independent type of fault between intention and ordinary negligence and is much closer to intention.

  它是介于故意与普通过失之间、更接近于故意的一种独立过错类型。

相似词

carelessness粗心大意

dereliction玩忽职守；抛弃物；遗弃

incaution粗心大意，不小心

laxness拉克斯内斯（姓氏）；拉克斯内斯（冰岛作家，曾获1955年诺贝尔文学奖）

remissness不小心；疏忽

slackness松弛；懈怠；不活跃

相反词

care在意；希望或喜欢

carefulness仔细；慎重

caution警告