But she fell asleep at the wheel and did not get her task done on time.

但她玩忽职守，没有按时完成任务。

When it comes to teaching English, VOA Learning English promises not to fall asleep at the wheel.

说到英语教学，VOA英语承诺不会玩忽职守。

That expression is " to fall asleep at the switch" .

那个表达就是“to fall asleep at the switch”（玩忽职守）。

During an important game, the star goalie of the football team was asleep at the wheel.

在一场重要的比赛中，足球队的明星守门员玩忽职守。

Senator Marco Rubio agreed that the president's failure to take action sooner amounted to a dereliction of duty.

参议员马尔科·鲁比奥同意，总统未能及早采取动相当于玩忽职守。

" This person has been negligent and irresponsible, and it's led to putting a lot of people in danger."

“这个人一直玩忽职守，不负责任，这导致很多人处于危险之中。”

French politicians have accused the UK of negligence after last week's reports of untreated sewage being discharged into the sea.

上周有报道称英国未经处理的污水排入大海，法国政客指责英国玩忽职守。

So, don't sue me for malpractice later.

所， 后不要再告我玩忽职守了。

Because of your dereliction, the deployment was forced to stop.

因为你的玩忽职守，我们的部署被迫停止。

The Ledo Stockade’s warden and 8 guards are formally reprimanded for negligence.

Ledo Stockade 的监狱长和 8 名警卫因玩忽职守而受到正式训斥。

Perhaps their son had been condemned to death for cowardice or neglecting his duties.

也许他们的儿子因为懦弱或玩忽职守而被判处死刑。

Therefore the cat neglected its duties, and was upon the worst of terms with the cook.

因此，这只猫玩忽职守， 与厨师的关系最恶劣。

A station master has been arrested and charged with manslaughter through negligence for the head-on collision of a passenger train with a freight train.

一辆客运列车与一辆货运列车迎头相撞，一名站长被控玩忽职守过失杀人罪被逮捕。

He used to be a wild drunken rascal, neglecting his work and beating his wife, they told me; now he's thrifty and decent, and he and his wife look comfortable together.

他们告诉我，他曾经是个醉酒的野蛮人，玩忽职守，打老婆；现在他节俭体面，他和他的妻子在一起看起来很舒服。