oversight

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托福GRE Collins 1

n. an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something
n. a mistake resulting from inattention

n. 勘漏, 失察, 失败, 照料
[经] 监督权

Collins 星级

14,508

BNC 频率

6,063

使用频率

over-表示“超出、过度”，sight表示“视线、视野”。合起来可以理解为“超出视线”，引申为“监督、疏忽”。

例句

1. The project was delayed due to an oversight in the planning process.

由于在规划过程中出现了疏忽，项目延迟了。

2. She apologized for the oversight and corrected her mistake immediately.

她为这个疏忽道歉，并立即纠正了她的错误。

3. The report contained a serious oversight that needed to be addressed.

报告中存在一个需要解决的严重疏忽。