◎ 草率 cǎoshuài[carelessly;perfunctorily] 马虎;不细致;粗略草率从事办事太草率了-----------------国语辞典:做事随便,不仔细。《初刻拍案惊奇.卷三八》:「你为甚么不挑了春盛担子,齐齐整整上坟?却如此草率!」《红楼梦.第七八回》:「虽如此,也不可太草率了,也须得衣冠正齐,奠仪周备,方为诚敬。」近马虎,潦草,轻率反郑重,认真英语 careless, negligent, sloppy, not serious德语 nachlässig (Adj)法语 négligemment, à la légère
◎ 草菅人命 cǎojiān-rénmìng[slaughter people and treat human life as if it were not worth a straw;act with utter disregard for human life;treat human life as grass] 菅:一种野草。杀人如同除草,任意害人性命 -----------------国语辞典:菅,一种野草。草菅人命比喻轻视人命,滥杀无辜。语本《大戴礼记.保傅》:「其视杀人若艾草菅然,岂胡亥之性恶哉?」《初刻拍案惊奇.卷一一》:「所以说,为官做吏的人,千万不要草菅人命,视同儿戏!」《文明小史.第二六回》:「况且内中有人到过云南,晓得那里官府待百姓的暴虐,……这些话说说,也教官府听见,怕人家不服,不至依然草菅人命。」近滥杀无辜,视如草芥,杀人如麻反人命关天英语 human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass, a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen
◎ 草木皆兵 cǎomù-jiēbīng[every bush and tree looks like an enemy—a state of extreme nervousness,as if surrounded by enemies;apprehend danger in every sound] 《晋书·苻坚载记》:淝水之战,苻坚看到 东晋军队阵容严整,又远望八公山,把山上的草木都当成晋军,十分恐惧。后用以比喻惊慌失措、猜忌敏感的心态-----------------国语辞典:见到风吹草动,都以为是敌兵。语本《晋书.卷一一四.苻坚载记下》:「坚与苻融登城而望王师,见部阵齐整,将士精锐。又北望八公山上草木,皆类人形,顾谓融曰:『此亦勍敌也!何谓少乎?』怃然有惧色。」比喻紧张、恐惧,疑神疑鬼。《孽海花.第二五回》:「我听了这话,心里觉得梦兆不祥,也和理翁的见解一样,大有风声鹤唳,草木皆兵之感。」近杯弓蛇影英语 lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy, to feel beleaguered