dereliction

FREQ #41872

n. 玩忽职守, 抛弃物 [法] 抛弃, 遗弃, 放弃

发音

US /dɛɹ.ɪˈlɪk.ʃən/
其它
UK /dɛɹ.ɪˈlɪk.ʃən/

词形变化

derelictions 复数 derelictions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Willful neglect of one's duty.

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    The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.

    What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London […] there on the table were the uncleared remains of Thursday's lunch, plain evidence of someone's dereliction.

  2. 2.

    The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.

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  3. 3.

    Land gained from the water by a change of water-line.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

delinquency

上位词 8

neglect negligence misconduct wrongdoing carelessness actus reus neglectfulness nonperformance

下位词 1

nonfeasance

词源

From Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”), from dērelinquō (“to neglect, abandon”), from dē- + re- + linquō (“to leave”).

来源：wiktionary