oversight

n. 监督，照管；疏忽

中文词源

oversight 疏忽，忽视，负责，照管

over-,在上，超过，过度，sight,看，看管。即在上面看，负责，照管。同时，也用于否定义，看过头，疏忽，忽视。比较overlook.

oversight (n.): "supervision," early 14c., from over- + sight. Meaning "omission of notice, fact of passing over without seeing" attested from late 15c.; compare oversee.

1. over- "above" + sight. 对比：oversight <=> overlook, oversight <=> oversee.2. 站得高看得远的同时，也就看不到细节，看不清楚细节，看不到下面的事情，不清楚、不了解下面的事情；因此就会：失察；疏忽，忽略；疏忽出错。

1. By an unfortunate oversight, full instructions do not come with the product.: 由于一个不幸的疏忽，产品未能附上完整的说明。

4. I didn't mean to leave her name off the list; it was an oversight.: 我不是有意在名单上漏掉她的名字的，这是个疏忽。