oversight
n
(a) [U] unintentional failure to notice sth 疏忽; 失察
Many errors are caused by oversight. 有很多错误都是因疏忽造成的.
(b) [C] example of this 疏忽; 失察
Through an unfortunate oversight your letter was left unanswered. 因不慎疏忽未能给你覆信.
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
Neither of us realized that night that these carvings and paintings dated back 15,000 years,