Tra từ reckless - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

reck‧less/ˈrekləs/ adjective
[Language : Old English; Origin : recceleas]
not caring or worrying about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions:
　 ▪ He was accused of causing death by reckless driving.
　 ▪ a reckless disregard for safety
　 ▪ He ran into the burning house with reckless abandon (=without caring about the danger).

—recklessly adverb

—recklessness noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
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THESAURUS
▪careless not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc :
　 ▪ I made a few careless mistakes.
　 ▪ It was careless of you to leave your purse lying about.
　 ▪ He started getting careless about taking his medication.
▪clumsy often dropping or breaking things because you move around in a careless way :
　 ▪ I’m so clumsy, I spilt milk all over the floor.
　 ▪ a clumsy child
▪sloppy careless and lazy in the way you do your work or in your behaviour generally :
　 ▪ As a student, he was brilliant but sloppy.
　 ▪ I will not tolerate sloppy work.
▪reckless especially written doing dangerous or stupid things without thinking about your own or other people’s safety :
　 ▪ The driver of the car was arrested for reckless driving.
　 ▪ His actions showed a reckless disregard for human life.
▪irresponsible careless in a way that might affect other people, especially when you should be taking care of them :
　 ▪ It’s irresponsible for parents to let their children smoke.
　 ▪ his irresponsible attitude to keeping animals
▪tactless carelessly saying something that upsets or embarrasses someone, without intending to do this :
　 ▪ He kept making tactless remarks about her appearance.
　 ▪ a tactless question
　 ▪ I thought it would be tactless to ask about her divorce.
▪casual not being careful enough about something and treating it as though it is not important :
　 ▪ He seems to have a very casual attitude towards his work.
　 ▪ She disliked the casual way in which he made decisions affecting other people’s lives.
▪negligent careless about something that you are responsible for, so that serious mistakes are made – used especially when someone will be officially punished for this :
　 ▪ The doctor was negligent in using the wrong type of needle.
　 ▪ They found him guilty of negligent conduct.

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a reckless driver (=taking risks and not worrying about the results)
▪ Reckless drivers should be given more severe punishments.
reckless driving (=careless and taking risks)
▪ Baldwin faces charges of reckless driving.
total/reckless/complete/flagrant etc disregard
▪ Local councillors accused the terrorists of showing a complete disregard for human life.
with reckless/wild abandon
▪ They drank and smoked with reckless abandon.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
abandon
▪ With reckless abandon, she pressured herself to him, striving to mould herself to his tough maleness.
▪ Now, with reckless abandon, it promises to meddle with local-government structure.
▪ They shoot and blow each other up with reckless abandon.
driving
▪ They claim he should have faced a Crown Court judge for causing death by reckless driving.
▪ Motorsists seen tail-gating risk prosecution for reckless driving.
▪ Clearly, the difference between reckless driving and careless driving is one of degree.
▪ We are referring here to the offence of causing death by reckless driving, not to manslaughter.
▪ McCausland was also sentenced to six months for reckless driving and for driving without insurance, the sentences to run concurrently.
▪ He admitted two offences of taking a car without consent, reckless driving and driving while disqualified.
▪ The driver was eventually sentenced to six months in prison for reckless driving.
▪ Similarly there is a morally significant difference between reckless driving and manslaughter.
manslaughter
▪ The same act could be both this form of manslaughter and reckless manslaughter.
▪ Therefore, it can be said that there need not be an obvious and serious risk of death in reckless manslaughter.
▪ After Seymour it is thought that all of these accused would be guilty of reckless manslaughter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ reckless spending
▪ a reckless disregard for human life
▪ The driver of the car was arrested for reckless driving.
▪ young men recklessly risking their lives in dangerous sports
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An additional 28 persons were suspected of drunken or reckless driving.
▪ He admitted two offences of taking a car without consent, reckless driving and driving while disqualified.
▪ She would leave at the first opportunity, and never again would she listen to the reckless promptings of her heart.
▪ That is where we are: wild, reckless, and deeply in hock.
▪ The same act could be both this form of manslaughter and reckless manslaughter.
▪ The threats were dire enough to make the Republicans look reckless when they refused to budge.
▪ We want our leaders to be tough, but not reckless.