Omission
[ə(ʊ)'mɪʃ(ə)n] or [ə'mɪʃən]
解释:
(noun.) a mistake resulting from neglect.
(noun.) neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something.
(noun.) any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases.
(noun.) something that has been omitted; 'she searched the table for omissions'.
编辑:桑德拉--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
(n.) That which is omitted or is left undone.
凯茜录入
同义词及近义词：
n. Failure, neglect, default.
手打:梅尔瓦
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Oversight, exclusion
ANT:Attention, insertion, notice
编辑:威尔玛
例句:
- Now he was smitten with compunction, yet irritated that so trifling an omission should be stored up against him after nearly two years of marriage. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- The omission at that point was intentional. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It is on her account that attention to Randalls is doubly due, and she must doubly feel the omission. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Mr Blandois, not at all put out by this omission on the part of the correspondents of the house of Clennam and Co. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Having forgotten to mention this, when she had last seen Sergeant Cuff, my mistress now desired me to supply the omission. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- These and other objections, such as the omission of explosives, firearms, paper, will readily occur to the reader. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Yes, I said, thus far we were right; but there was an omission which must now be supplied. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- For sins of omission a lack of space affords a reasonable excuse, and for those of commission the great scope of the work is pleaded in extenuation. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- And will you consent to dispense with a great many conventional forms and phrases, without thinking that the omission arises from insolence? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- I took the liberty of reminding you of a little omission into which you had fallen--insensibly and naturally fallen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I--who, though I had no love, had much friendship for him--was hurt by the marked omission: so much hurt that tears started to my eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- But she did not put out her hand to him, and again he felt the omission, and set it down to pride. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Well, he said, it is not too late to supply the omission. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The slight omission was rectified. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The Maltese puppy was not offered to Celia; an omission which Dorothea afterwards thought of with surprise; but she blamed herself for it. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The mistakes and omissions made in addressing these price cards became no less frequent. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- These omissions oppressed and depressed her considerably; still, on the whole, we got on very well. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
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