“improvidence”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

improvidence

释义

improvidence|ɪmˈprɒvɪdəns|
[ad. L. imprōvidēntia, f. im- (im-²) + prōvidēntia providence, foresight; cf. also obs. F. improvidence (16th c. in Godef.), It. improvidenza.]
The fact or quality of being improvident; want of providence or foresight; thriftlessness.
1598Florio, Improvidenza, improuidence, rashness.1602Marston Ant. & Mel. i. Wks. 1856 I. 11 Shee'le lift thee to improvidence, And breake thy neck from steepe securitie.a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 88 Malice in other men or improvidence in myself, had ruined my fortune.1786Burke W. Hastings iii. iii. §15 His total improvidence in not taking any one rational security whatsoever against the inevitable consequences of those acts.1836H. Coleridge North. Worthies (1852) I. 40 Improvidence or treachery had left our shores defenceless.a1862Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 542 The only peculiarity I have found common to all barbarous nations is improvidence—indifference to the future.

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