careless
英 [ˈkeə.ləs]
美 [ˈker.ləs]
- adj. 粗心的；无忧无虑的；淡漠的
- n. (Careless)人名；(英)凯尔利斯
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记忆方法
将“careless”与“care”联系，想象一个人在“care”心照顾得非常不到位，因此变得“less”，即不那么用心，形成“粗心大意”的印象。
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中文词源
careless 粗心的
care, 关心。-less, 否定词缀。
英语词源
- careless (adj.)
- Old English carleas "free from anxiety; unconcerned," from care (n.) + -less; a compound probably from Proto-Germanic. Original senses extinct by mid-17c.; main modern meaning "not paying attention, inattentive, not taking due care" is first recorded 1560s (in carelessly).
权威例句
- 1. The affixes " un - " and " - less " are often used make negative words, such as unhappy or careless.
- 词缀un - 和 -less 常用来构成否定词, 如unhappy和careless.
- 2. They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.
- 若是上色的时候不小心弄坏了那些地图，他们可承担不起。
- 3. That shows a fairly careless attitude to clothes, doesn't it?
- 那表明此人不讲究穿着，是吧？
- 4. Mr Clarke had pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving.
- 克拉克先生疏忽驾驶，致人死亡，已经认罪。
- 5. I'm sorry. How careless of me.
- 对不起，我太不小心了。