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发音:[ˌɪnədˈvəːt(ə)nt]
例句:
- When something happens by accident, it’s inadvertent, or unintentional.
- When you do things inadvertently, you actually do not pay too much attention to them.
- He corrected crucial details in that account Tuesday, blaming the oversight on an inadvertent mix-up or confusion.
- These circumstances do not support a finding that this was the result of isolated or inadvertent mistakes.
- Twitter’s earnings, after an inadvertent posting by NASDAQ, were leaked by a financial intelligence company ‘Selerity’, before the official results were declared.
- Facebook now admits it was wrong to do so, and says the upload was inadvertent.
- The company outlined three new recalls on Saturday, the biggest affecting 46,873 vehicles in the United States with problems including a wiring problem in the steering column and an inadvertent shutdown of the engine.
解释:
- Inadvertent这个单词为形容词,其表示”something happens by chance, unexpectedly, or unintentionally.”这一含义,即“意外的/出于无心的/疏忽的”,与unintentional/accidental/incidental构成近义词。
- 具体使用场景如下:
- An inadvertent administrative error resulted in this accident.(一个意外的管理失误导致了这次事故。)
–News - His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list. (他的名字意外地被省略了。)
–News - We need to be wary of inadvertent copying of other people’s ideas.(我们必须很谨慎,防止无意抄袭他人的观点或思维。)
–Arts - The report also says that the engines’ inadvertent shutdown was the direct result of Davis’ manipulation of the plane controls.(该报告还说,发动机的意外关闭是戴维斯操纵飞机控制的直接结果。)
–News - Bruising physical contact is usually inadvertent – but open-water swimmers are sometimes accused of deliberately trying to hold each other back either through an intentional swipe or grasp of an ankle.(剧烈的身体接触通常是无意的 – 但开放水域游泳者有时会被指责故意试图通过故意滑动或抓住脚踝来阻止对方。)
–Sports