单词asleep at the switch
na.: 玩忽职守；坐失良机
网络: 疏忽职守；擅离职守；比喻玩忽职守
玩忽职守
Japan"s companies, in contrast, seem to have fallen asleep at the switch.
反观日本公司，似乎还是漫不经心。
Delay plastic surgery - the job of Venus is to beautify, and with Venus asleep at the switch, you may not like the results.
延期整容手术——金星掌管美丽，现在金星睡觉了，你不会喜欢整容结果的。
For being asleep at the switch while America slid into a great recession, Bush is a ripe target.
由于坐失良机，眼睁睁看着美国滑入一场大衰退，布什理当成为靶子。
A deer came in sight, but he was asleep at the switch and did not fire a single shot.
一头鹿出现了，但他坐失良机，没有开一枪。
Ruth: Because Wilson was asleep at the switch , and he was caught at red-handed.
露丝：因为威尔森当场被抓到怠忽职守。
and because they were asleep at the switch when disaster struck, they are now hyper-alert to prevent a repetition of it.
而由于在灾难发生时玩忽职守，他们现在变得过度警惕，想避免重复上次的错误。
When the ducks flew over, the boy was asleep at the switch and missed his shot.
当野鸭飞过的时候，那男孩漫不经心而错过了射击。
makes me wonder whether GM"s board is asleep at the switch.
让我特想知道通用汽车的董事会是否在玩忽职守。
His father often falls asleep at the switch.
他的父亲经常坐失良机。
He got sacked for falling asleep at the switch.
他因為玩忽职守被开除了。