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不慎

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HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • incautious
  • inattentive

Definition

不小心，疏忽，没有注意到。

careless; inadvertently; not careful.

Usage

常用于表示由于疏忽或不小心而导致不好的结果，常与动词连用，如'不慎摔倒'、'不慎遗漏'。

Often used to indicate that a bad result occurred due to carelessness or inattention, commonly combined with verbs such as '不慎摔倒' (carelessly fall) or '不慎遗漏' (inadvertently omit).

Examples

  • 1 他在路上不慎摔倒，把膝盖擦破了。 (He carelessly fell on the road and scraped his knee.)
  • 2 由于不慎，她把重要文件遗失了。 (Due to carelessness, she lost important documents.)
  • 3 操作机器时务必小心，不慎可能会造成伤害。 (Be careful when operating the machine; carelessness may cause injury.)
  • 4 他不慎将咖啡洒在了电脑键盘上。 (He inadvertently spilled coffee on the computer keyboard.)
  • 5 我因不慎说错话，得罪了朋友。 (I offended my friend by inadvertently saying the wrong thing.)

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