oversight
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++o·ver·sight /ˈəʊvəsaɪt $ ˈoʊvər-/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] 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 mistake2 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。Examples from the Corpus
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?o·ver·sight nounChineseSyllable
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o‧ver‧sight /ˈəʊvəsaɪt $ ˈoʊvər-/
noun [uncountable and countable]
I assure you that this was purely an oversight on my part.
2. have oversight of something to be in charge of something:
He has general oversight of all training courses.
▪ mistake something incorrect that you accidentally do, say, or write: a spelling mistake | I made a mistake – it should say £230, not £320.
▪error formal a mistake: an error in the report | grammatical errors | He had made a serious error on his tax form.
▪misprint a small mistake in something that is printed: There was a misprint in the article, and instead of ‘pleasant’ it said ‘pheasant’.
▪typo informal a mistake in something that has been typed or printed: I spotted a couple of typos in the letter.
▪inaccuracy formal a piece of information that is not completely correct: The report contained several inaccuracies.
▪mix-up a careless mistake in which one name, time, address etc has been confused with another, so that the details of something are wrong: There was a mix-up over the train times and I missed my train.
▪slip-up a careless mistake when you are doing something: The other team took advantage of the goalie’s slip-up.
▪oversight a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something: Through some oversight, the brochures were not ready by the right date.
▪a slip of the tongue a mistake in which you accidentally say a similar sounding word: When I said Thursday, I meant Tuesday. It was a slip of the tongue.
▪faux pas /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː, ˈfəʊ pɑː $ ˌfoʊ ˈpɑː/ formal an embarrassing mistake in a social situation, when you do or say something that you shouldn’t: Harris, trying to be funny, addressed the waiter as ‘boy’. A deathly silence followed this faux pas.
o‧ver‧sight /ˈəʊvəsaɪt $ ˈoʊvər-/
noun [uncountable and countable] Word Family: noun: sight, insight, oversight, sighting; adjective: sighted, unsightly, sightless, insightful; verb: sight
1. a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something: 2. have oversight of something to be in charge of something:
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