英语单词 | neglect |
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英美音标 | 英 [nɪ'ɡlekt] 美 [nɪ'ɡlekt] |
中文释义 | vt.忽略;忽视;疏忽 n.疏忽;忽视 |
英语例句 | (1) You shouldn't neglect your health. (2) No country can afford to neglect education. (3) He neglected to write and say "Thank you". (4) She was severely criticized for neglect of duty. (5) We cannot leave aside his neglect of duty. (6) The house has fallen into a state of neglect. |
中文例句 | (1) 你不该忽略你的健康。 (2) 任何国家都不容忽视教育。 (3) 他忘了写信道谢。 (4) 她因玩忽职守而受到严厉批评。 (5) 对他的玩忽职守我们不能听之任之。 (6) 这所房屋已处于荒废的状态。 |
vocabulary简明 | Neglect is worse than ignoring something. It's ignoring it, failing to care for it, and probably harming it in the process. |
vocabulary扩展 | The word neglect comes from the Latin verb neglegere, which means "disregarded." You can neglect to do your chores, meaning fail to do them, but this word is usually reserved for cases when you willingly refuse to care for something appropriately. Child neglect is what parents get charged with when they fail to provide for their child's basic needs. If you go on vacation and neglect your plants, they may wither and die due to your lack of attention. |
柯林斯解释 | 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]
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]
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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]
4 benign neglect→see: benign ; |
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