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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

草率 [cǎoshuài]
  1. 1. adjective rash
    他没有认真考虑,就草率地做了答复。
    He didn't think about it properly and came up with a careless reply.
    写作文前要仔细构思,不要草率动笔。
    There's no point putting pen to paper before you have organised your thoughts.
    结婚是人生大事,绝不能草率
    Marriage is a big deal. You should never go into it rashly.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

草率 [cǎoshuài]
  1. 1. sloppy; careless; slapdash; perfunctory; summary; hasty; rash
    这件事你做得太草率了。
    You did a sloppy job.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

草率 [cǎoshuài]
  1. 1. (做事)不认真细致,随便应付
    不能这么草率地作出决定

Examples

本词典虽非草率之作,但错误仍在所难免。
This dictionary, despite the care exercised in compiling it, cannot in the nature of things be free from error.
草率
sloppy; careless; slapdash; perfunctory
你对待这件事太草率,让我们大为不满。
You dealt with the matter hastily, and we are very dissatisfied with the results.
写作文前要仔细构思,不要草率动笔。
There's no point putting pen to paper before you have organised your thoughts.
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我们刚来,对情况还不摸底,不能草率表态。

Collocations

草率行事
do one's work in careless manner; act rashly
草率的结论
jump to conclusions
过于草率
too hasty
决策草率
make a decision rashly
失之草率
loss because of haste

Word Decomposition


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