imprudent

英 [ɪmˈpruːdnt]

美 [ɪmˈpruːdnt]

adj.  不明智的; 不谨慎的

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BNC.23888 / COCA.25452

牛津词典

adj.

• 不明智的；不谨慎的
  not wise or sensible
  1. It would be imprudent to invest all your money in one company.
     把所有的钱都投资在一家公司是不明智的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不谨慎的;轻率的
  If you describe someone's behaviour asimprudent, you think it is not sensible or carefully thought out.
  1. ...an imprudent investment...
     一笔轻率的投资
  2. The Government of Jamaica consider it imprudent to abolish the death penalty.
     牙买加政府认为废除死刑是轻率之举。

双语例句

• In addition to these fiscal failures, regulatory and scrutiny functions failed to prevent the imprudent lending and debt accumulation that led to the mortgage-related subprime crisis.
  除了这些财政上的失败，监管和审查职能也未能防止不负责任的放贷和债务的累积，从而引发了与抵押贷款相关的次贷危机。
• I was told that this was impossible or at least imprudent.
  我被告知那也不行，或者至少不是明智之举。
• Imprudent public finances were not limited to Greece.
  公共财政有欠审慎的情况并不限于希腊。
• Another objection to such a procedure is that it would reward the imprudent.
  对上述做法的另一种反对意见是，这会鼓励不谨慎之风。
• So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are not ours and do not think of the only one which belongs to us;
  我们是如此的轻率，以至于在不属于我们的时代里游荡，却根本想不到那唯一属于我们的时代；
• A bubble so large also required aggressive mortgage originators, imprudent home buyers and myopic investors.
  如此大的泡沫还需要有野心勃勃的抵押贷款发放者、轻率的购房者和短视的投资者参与其中。
• It was rather imprudent of the little girl to interrupt our conversation like that.
  这丫头，打断我们的谈话，没轻没重的。
• That you adored imprudent marriages?
  你说你崇拜草率的婚姻？
• My father and mother knew nothing of that; they only felt how imprudent a match it must be.
  父亲和母亲完全不知道这种情形，他们只觉得这门亲事非常冒昧。
• He was horribly imprudent. I wish he was dumb.
  他不谨慎到令人恐怖的程度。我倒希望他是一个哑巴。