laches

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈlætʃɪz/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Negligence in one's duty.
    — But there was a quality in Mary that did not lightly invite to gallantry—a gravity and a balance that, had he looked closely into the matter, might have explained his laches.
  2. An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.
    — It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.

词源

From Anglo-Norman laches, from Old French lachesse (“laxness”), from laschier, from Vulgar Latin laxico, frequentative of Latin laxo (“relax, moderate, weaken”).
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