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heedless

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++heed·less /ˈhiːdləs/ adjective  heedless of something literaryATTENTION not paying attention to something 不注意某事物,不理会某事物,对某事物掉以轻心 O'Hara rode on, heedless of danger. 奥哈拉不理会危险,继续骑马前行。heedlessly adverb
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heedlessHe was stretched out on his back, his sheet tossed off, completely naked and heedless.All his life, he enjoyed heedless and extreme practical jokes.They must tread ever forward, regardless of discomfort, heedless of exhaustion.I can spend your money without stint, my time heedless of expense.Paul was full of triumph, and made love exultantly, heedless of her reluctance.Some one had stayed behind to scavenge, ignoring the risk, heedless of the warnings.These are obviously metaphors for a crumbling society and the delinquents' heedless rush to doom.This was a shop that time had forgotten, that carried on regardless, heedless that the world was changing outside.
heed·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
not to attention paying Corpus something


heedless
heedless /ˈhiːdləs/ adjective
heedless of something literary not paying attention to something:
    O'Hara rode on, heedless of danger.
—heedlessly adverb


heed·lessBrE /ˈhiːdləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhiːdləs/ 🔊 adjective [not usually before noun] ~ (of sb/sth) (formal) not paying careful attention to sb/sth 不加注意;掉以轻心 heed·less·ly BrE /ˈhiːdləsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhiːdləsli/ 🔊 adverb