Careless

(adj.) effortless and unstudied; 'an impression of careless elegance'; 'danced with careless grace' .

(adj.) marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; 'careless about her clothes'; 'forgotten by some careless person'; 'a careless housekeeper'; 'careless proofreading'; 'it was a careless mistake'; 'hurt by a careless remark' .

(adj.) (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration; 'careless of the consequences'; 'crushing the blooms with regardless tread' .

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• I suppose the servants are careless, and we have had a great many people coming. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Raymond, while he knew that his plans and prospects were to be discussed and decided during the expected debate, was gay and careless. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• You don't get on with your account of your matrimonial intentions, answered Carton, with a careless air; I wish you would keep to that. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• But (with a smile) if Colonel Campbell should have employed a careless friend, and if it should prove to have an indifferent tonewhat shall I say? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• That's true, said Estella, with a cold careless smile that always chilled me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• They were very gay and careless. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Perdita, wedded to an imagination, careless of what is behind the veil, whose charactery is in truth faulty and vile, Perdita has renounced me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Here she has been--careless, attractive thing! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And immediately the queer, careless, terribly attractive smile came over his eyes and brows, though his mouth did not relax. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He hated to think of May Welland's being exposed to the influence of a young woman so careless of the dictates of Taste. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I could not see my father weep, and sit by, careless. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Its hoary traditions make it an object of absorbing interest to even the most careless stranger, and thus far it had interest for me; but no further. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Let not him who chooses first be careless, and let not the last despair. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It was not in my careless habits (I am sorry to say) to put it there, neither did I remember putting it there. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He may be careless and proud; but when was he ever mean or slavish? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In so valuable a produce, the loss occasioned by negligence is so great, as to force even the most careless to attention. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Birkin was careless and unimaginative about his own appearance. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• So insolent, so trivial, so capricious, so mercenary, so careless, so hard to touch, so hard to turn! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Likewise that his extremely careless life has made him a very bad subject for it indeed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• His eyes were large and blue, with brown lashes; his high forehead, colourless as ivory, was partially streaked over by careless locks of fair hair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• MY DEAR SIR HARRY,--I have ten thousand apologies to make to you, for being the most careless creature on earth! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She is my aunt, say you, in an easy careless way, when your friend asks if Miss MacWhirter is any relative. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Don't seem to do so, if you please, and don't think it inconsistent if my manner should be more careless than my words. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The live-long day we sauntered on, still keeping in view the end of our journey, but careless of the hour of its completion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And her face, too, is visible--her countenance careless and pensive, and musing and mirthful, and mocking and tender. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But the ruling class do not want remedies; they care only for money, and are as careless of virtue as the poorest of the citizens. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• How culpably careless in her to leave her desk open, where I know she has money! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He will grow more and more indolent and careless? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• He was a great favorite in his own circle, and whatever he implied to any one's disadvantage told doubly from his careless ironical tone. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Oh yes, said Lydgate, in a careless tone, changing his attitude and looking at his watch. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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