学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2120 negligent

今天我们要学的词是 negligent¹. Negligent 形容词，意思是疏忽的，过失的。A federal judge ruled that BP was grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. 一位联邦法官裁决，英国石油公司在2010年深水地平线钻井平台灾难性事故中有严重过失。South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius was acquitted² of murder charges but found negligent in the killing³ of his girlfriend in 2013. 法庭裁决，南非奥林匹克运动员皮斯托瑞斯在2013年杀害女友一案中，谋杀罪名不成立，但是存在过失。好的，今天我们学习的词是 negligent, negligent, negligent...

1 negligent   

adj.疏忽的；玩忽的；粗心大意的

参考例句：

• The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.委员会听说他玩忽职守。
• If the government is proved negligent,compensation will be payable.如果证明是政府的疏忽，就应支付赔偿。

2 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。