careless多益
多益新增字・持續校對中,發現問題歡迎用頁尾回報
粗心的;疏忽的·不拘小節的;自然不做作的
多益常考,常與 careful 搞混
The careless waiter spilled the tea, but he still walked off with a careless, easy grin.

粗心的服務生打翻了茶,卻仍帶著一副滿不在乎的輕鬆笑容走開。

字尾 -less 表示「沒有」,care-less 字面義是「不放在意」,粗心與不做作因此同源。

一個畫面:鬆手不緊繃

鬆手手一鬆,鑰匙就滑落
看漏細節沒仔細檢查,寫錯了字
放鬆自在肌肉不繃緊,動作自然大方

義項

粗心出錯B1adjective粗心的;疏忽的
She was so careless with her keys that she ended up locking herself out of the house.
她對鑰匙太粗心,最後把自己鎖在門外。
a careless mistakea careless driver
輕鬆不做作B1adjective不拘小節的;自然不做作的
She danced with careless ease, as if nothing could bother her.
她跳舞的姿態輕鬆自在,好像什麼事都不能打擾她。
careless ease

片語

a careless mistake粗心出包 →粗心導致的錯誤
a careless driver分神駕駛 →開車不夠專心的人
with careless ease輕鬆自在 →毫不費力的輕鬆姿態

你會不會這樣說?

________ drivers often cause accidents. (careless / carless)

看答案

careless

careless 多一個 e 表粗心,carless 少一個 e 表沒有車。

'She danced with careless ease, as if nothing could bother her.' 這裡的 careless 最接近哪個意思?(A) 粗心犯錯 (B) 輕鬆自然不做作

看答案

(B)

此句形容跳舞姿態,對應「不拘小節、自然不做作」義項。

字族

carelessly 粗心地;疏忽地・carelessness 粗心;疏忽

順路看看

thoughtless沒想到別人感受,較著重欠缺體貼

多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

會議資料校對
A careless mistake in the agenda sent several colleagues to the wrong meeting room.
議程中一個粗心造成的錯誤,讓幾位同事跑錯了會議室。
工作簡報
The presenter handled the audience's questions with careless ease.
簡報者輕鬆自若地應對聽眾的提問。

詞族

careless adjective 粗心的;輕鬆自若的・carelessly adverb 粗心地・carelessness noun 粗心;疏忽・careful adjective 小心的;仔細的

四選一

The assistant was unusually ____ when entering the meeting dates, so several invitations listed the wrong day.

  • carelessly
  • careless
  • carelessness
  • care
看答案

careless

was 後需要形容詞描述助理,且 unusually 修飾程度,因此選 careless。carelessly 是副詞,不能在此作主詞補語;carelessness 是名詞,不能受 unusually 這樣修飾;care 作名詞或動詞也都不符合此句結構。

同義改寫

A careless mistake in the agenda sent several colleagues to the wrong meeting room. → A mistake caused by a lack of attention in preparing the agenda sent several colleagues to the wrong meeting room.
此處 careless 指準備議程時不夠留意;改寫保留錯誤的成因與造成的結果。
The presenter handled the audience's questions with careless ease. → The presenter handled the audience's questions in a relaxed manner, showing no apparent effort or worry.
此處 with careless ease 描述輕鬆自若、看不出費力或擔憂的樣子,沒有粗心出錯的意思。

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤