oversight

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o·ver·sight /ˈəʊvəsaɪt $ ˈoʊvər-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1 MISTAKENOT DO somethinga mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something 失察，疏忽

I assure you that this was purely an oversight on my part.

我向你保证，这纯粹是我的一时疏忽。

► see thesaurus at mistake

2 have oversight of something IN CHARGE OFto be in charge of something 监管[监督]某事

He has general oversight of all training courses.

他全面负责所有的培训课程。

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oversight• Oversights can be extremely costly and a microcomputer model carefully constructed will not allow oversights to occur.• These are not accidental oversights on the part of the academic community.• Due to an administrative oversight, several members of staff did not receive pay checks this month.• I'm sure it was just an oversight that your name wasn't on the list.• It also would require collaboration and oversight by both schools and businesses.• Loan were sued by the federal government for lax oversight, which the government said caused taxpayers to lose $ 941 million.• Whether that resulted from political cowardice, lack of persuasiveness or mere oversight does not matter.• When a parent hands over the child, he or she loses parental oversight and responsibility.• a school oversight committee• The bank apologized for the oversight.• They sent a check along with a letter of apology for the oversight.• It is not surprising then, if over several months, this oversight should reveal itself in these small but telling ways.• May I apologize for this unconventional oversight as well as for other more serious ones-and some not so serious?

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