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Nov 3, 2007 · Reckless abandon is a polite, almost tongue-in-cheek way of saying "rash." Eg. "He had just met her and for two weeks he courted her with reckless abandon." In its literal meaning it would mean the ultimate rash. It is scarcely used in conversation, but you will see it used in literature, both fiction and non-fiction.
May 4, 2014 · Member Emeritus. New York City. English - US. May 4, 2014. #3. In AE, too, we'd use with, not "in". I don't think that wild is exactly the same as reckless. At least to me, "wild" seems merely descriptive, while "reckless" hints of being heedless of possible dire consequences. B.
Nov 4, 2014 · Member. Fukui, Japan. English - Canada. Nov 4, 2014. #2. I feel that rash and reckless are synonyms of each other. They both mean "done without thinking about what will happen as a result." Impetuous is very similar, but I feel like it has a slightly different meaning. I would use impetuous when I want to emphasize that the actions are based on ...
Jun 7, 2020 · Chinese. Jun 7, 2020. #1. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. The Charles Dickens Page - Oliver Twist Asks for More . I understand the above sentence as: Though he was a child, he was desperate because he was in hunger, and reckless because he was in misery. Am I right?
Sep 20, 2006 · Hola a todos, La frase del asunto la encontré en estos contextos: "After her state given lawyer arrest the men charges them **reckless endargement** not rape and they sentenced only 8 months in prision." "warning shot" (sic) is NOT reckless endargement unless other criteria are met"...
Mar 9, 2007 · wet and reckless - it's driving after you've consumed alcohol but without getting nailed with heavy penalties. I've heard it as: manejar bajo los efectos de alcohol sin sanciones graves. Or, manejar despues de consumir alcohol.
Jul 21, 2011 · RECKLESS: Grossly careless or negligent; re reckless adj. in both negligence and criminal cases, careless to the point of being heedless of the consequences ("grossly" negligent). Most commonly this refers to the traffic misdemeanor "reckless driving." It can also refer to use of firearms (shooting a gun in public place), explosives, or heavy ...
Apr 27, 2014 · I'm not sure why you've added on the end, or dropped "that" earlier on. Serling’s account of his employer’s reckless decision-making belies (puts the lie to, contradicts) that/the company’s image as a cautious bureaucracy full of wary managers. It is a cautious bureaucracy precisely because all its managers are wary (possibly wary of ...
Oct 10, 2020 · Japanese. Oct 10, 2020. #1. Serling’s account of his employer’s reckless decision making belies that company’s image as a cautious bureaucracy full of wary managers. I didn't get the meaning of the sentence above. To my limited understanding, Serling hides his employer’s reckless decision making from the public, so that he can keep the ...
Apr 11, 2007 · Hola! No entiendo la diferencia que hay entre los términos:purposely and knowingly, recklessly and negligently.:confused: This is the context: The Model Penal Code, which is the model act on which most states have based their criminal codes, uses four culpable mental states: purposely...
