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Neglect Neglected Fail Attention Ed Nɪˈɡlekt   [V Sth

The word "neglect" means to fail to care for properly, to not give enough attention, or to fail to do something that one ought to do. As a noun, it refers to the state of being uncared for or not given enough attention.

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/nɪgle̱kt/
1
[VERB 动词]忽视;忽略;疏于照看 If you neglect someone or something, you fail to look after them properly.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • The woman denied that she had neglected her child...

    那位女士否认疏于照管自己的孩子。

  • Feed plants and they grow, neglect them and they suffer.

    人勤地生宝;人懒地长草。

  • ...an ancient and neglected church.

    疏于维护的古教堂

  • Neglect is also a noun.
    • The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect...

      镇上老码头区多年来疏于维护,快要塌陷了。

    • Niwano's business began to suffer from neglect.

      尼瓦诺的生意因为疏于管理而开始出现问题。

2
[VERB 动词]不予重视;忽视 If you neglect someone or something, you fail to give them the amount of attention that they deserve.
  [V n]
  • He'd given too much to his career, worked long hours, neglected her...

    他为事业付出太多,长时间地工作,忽视了她。

  • If you are not careful, children tend to neglect their homework.

    如果你不注意的话,孩子们往往会不重视他们的家庭作业。

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  • The fact that she is not coming today makes her grandmother feel lonely and neglected.

    她今天不来,这让她奶奶感到孤独,觉得受了冷落。

  • ... a neglected aspect of London's forgotten history...

    伦敦湮没的历史中被忽略了的一个方面

  • The journal she had begun lay neglected on her bedside table.

    她早就开始看的那本杂志搁在床头柜上,好久没翻了。

3
[VERB 动词]疏忽;疏漏 If you neglect to do something that you ought to do or neglect your duty, you fail to do it.
  [V to-inf]
  [V n]
  • We often neglect to make proper use of our bodies...

    我们经常忘记该合理地使用我们的身体。

  • They never neglect their duties.

    他们从未玩忽职守。

4
benign neglect→see:
benign

    Oxford neg·lect / nɪˈɡlekt ; NAmE nɪˈɡlekt /
    verb
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    noun
    neglect neglects neglected neglecting
    verb 1 neglectsb/sth to fail to take care of sb/sth 疏于照顾;未予看管 She denies neglecting her baby. 她否认没有照看好她的孩子。 The buildings had been neglected for years. 这些大楼多年来一直无人看管。 2 neglectsth to not give enough attention to sth 忽略;忽视;不予重视 Dance has been neglected by television. 电视节目一向不重视舞蹈。 She has neglected her studies. 她忽视了自己的学习。 3 neglectto do sth ( formal) to fail or forget to do sth that you ought to do 疏忽;疏漏 SYN
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    You neglected to mention the name of your previous employer. 你遗漏了你前雇主的名字。
    see also
    negligence
    noun [uncountable ] neglect(of sth/sb) the fact of not giving enough care or attention to sth/sb; the state of not receiving enough care or attention 忽略;忽视;未被重视 The law imposes penalties for the neglect of children. 法律对疏于照管儿童有处罚措施。 The buildings are crumbling from years of neglect. 由于多年无人维修,这些建筑物行将倒塌。 The place smelled of decay and neglect. 这地方有一股污浊腐朽的气味。 neg·lect / nɪˈɡlekt ; NAmE nɪˈɡlekt /
    LDC
    neglect1 verb
    neglect2 noun
    neglectne‧glect1 /nɪˈɡlekt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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    1to fail to look after someone or something properly:  She smoked and drank, neglected the children, and left the clothes unmended. a neglected garden The building has been badly neglected.2to pay too little attention to something:  Many of these ideas have been neglected by modern historians. The police officer was accused of neglecting his duty (=not doing everything he should).3 neglect to do something formal to not do something:  You neglected to mention that they had a second album released during 1991.
    neglect1 verb
    neglect2 noun
    neglectneglect2 ●●○ noun [uncountable]
    Examples
    Collocations
    1failure to look after something or someone, or the condition of not being looked afterneglect of Tenants are complaining about the landlord’s neglect of the property.years/decades/centuries etc of neglect After years of neglect, the roads were full of potholes. The whole district had an air of abandonment and neglect.2failure to pay proper attention to somethingneglect of Five officers were court-martialled for cowardice or neglect of duty.
    WDF

    neglect

    [nɪˈglekt]neglected, neglecting, neglects

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    n6910
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    Spoken:

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    neglected[3188] neglecting[938]
    忽视(50%),忽略(29%),疏忽(21%)
    vt.疏忽,忽视;忽略
    n.疏忽,忽视;怠慢

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