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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryne·glect I \ni-ˈglekt\ transitive verb ETYMOLOGY Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere, neclegere, from nec- not (akin to ne- not) + legere to gather — more at no, legend DATE 15291. to give little attention or respect to : disregard2. to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness• ne·glect·er nounSynonyms. neglect, disregard, ignore, overlook, slight, forget mean to pass over without giving due attention. neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind forget what others say II noun DATE 15881. an act or instance of neglecting something2. the condition of being neglectedEnglish Etymologyneglect neglect (v.) 1529, from L. neglectus, pp. of neglegere "to make light of, disregard," lit. "not to pick up," variant of neclegere, from Old L. nec "not" (see deny) + legere "pick up, select" (see lecture). The noun is first attested 1588.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7neglectneg·lect / ni5^lekt / verb1. [VN] to fail to take care of sb / sth 疏于照顾；未予看管: She denies neglecting her baby. 她不承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. [VN] 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. [V to inf] (formal) to fail or forget to do sth that you ought to do 疏忽；疏漏 SYN omit : You neglected to mention the name of your previous employer. 你遗漏了你前雇主的名字。 ⇨ see also negligencenoun[U] ~ (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。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishneglect noun ADJ. general, total | comparative, relative | benign The eighteenth-century interior of the building has survived through benign neglect. | deliberate, serious, wilful | physical | child The maximum penalty for child neglect is ten years' imprisonment. VERB + NEGLECT suffer (from) The buildings suffered neglect for centuries. | be guilty of The doctor was guilty of serious neglect of duty. PREP. by ~ cruelty by neglect | through ~ the suffering of children through neglect | to the ~ of She had concentrated on her music to the neglect of her other studies. PHRASES centuries/years of neglect After years of neglect the house is at last being restored. OLTneglect verb⇨ fail 1 (neglect to mention sth)⇨ ignore (neglect your studies)⇨ leave 5 (neglect a child)neglect noun⇨ neglectWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: benign neglect , or excusable neglectne·glectI. ə̇ˈglekt, nēˈ-\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere, negligere, neclegere, from nec- not (akin to ne- not) + legere to choose, gather — more at no, legend1. a. : to give little or no attention or respect to : consider or deal with as if of little or no importance : disregard, slight < some of the most significant issues have been neglected — Bruce Payne > < neglected the real needs of the students > b. : to fail to attend to sufficiently or properly : not give proper attention or care to < a great deal of its important work must either be neglected or only inadequately done — J.E.Smith > < neglected her clothes and hair > < neglected his correspondence >2. : to carelessly omit doing (something that should be done) either altogether or almost altogether : leave undone or unattended to through carelessness or by intention : pass lightly over < neglecting their obvious duty > < neglected to mention that he was a convict — Bernard Smith >3. obsolete : to cause to be neglected < my absence doth neglect no great design — Shakespeare >Synonyms: neglect, omit, disregard, ignore, overlook, slight, and forget can mean in common to pass over something without giving it due or sufficient attention. neglect implies failure to give full or proper attention to someone or something that has a claim on one's attention < neglect the duties of a citizen > < neglect one's friends > omit implies to neglect entirely, as by oversight or inattention, an important detail or aspect of a whole or of a series of related things < wished his parents had omitted to have him baptized — Bruce Marshall > < small possessions of her own which she had omitted to remove from the … room — Arnold Bennett > disregard usually implies a voluntary inattention < efface and injure something in ourselves, when we hurry by and disregard what does not seem to profit our own existence — Laurence Binyon > < wished to affirm her right to disregard the feelings of all the world — Joseph Conrad > ignore implies an intention to disregard or a failure to regard something more or less obvious < he who ignores outsiders is naturally ignored himself — G.G.Coulton > < get a reputation for clarity by avoiding or ignoring all the tangled jungles, by detouring round the blind alleys and dead ends of thought — Irwin Edman > < ignore trivial irritations > overlook implies a disregarding typically through haste or lack of care < some of the most significant issues have been neglected, and many revealing lessons of past experience have been overlooked— Bruce Payne > < promised to give him some background work, a promise he later overlooked — American Guide Series: Louisiana > slight usually implies cursory treatment, often contemptuous, or a disdainful disregarding < nothing in the service was slighted, every phrase and gesture had its full value — Willa Cather > < these systems sometimes do not receive their full share of attention and may be slighted in the design — H.J.Petersen > < felt as if he had been slighted by a close friend > forget in this comparison can imply a willful ignoring but more often suggests an absentminded neglecting < the matter seemed important but I was told by my superiors, who were afraid of trouble, to forget it > < forgot to turn off the gas before leaving the house >II. noun(-s)Etymology: Latin neglectus, from neglectus, past participle of neglegere1. a. : the action of neglecting something < could not understand his neglect of her > < one other element which may have contributed to the neglect of this problem — H.G.Armstrong > b. : the condition of being neglected < would sink back into relative neglect and stagnation — Harold Griffin >2. a. : the fact of neglecting or of being neglected < cannot deny the total neglect of the house > b. archaic : an instance of neglecting or of being neglected < recovering from … ravages and neglects — J.H.Stocqueler >Synonyms: see failure

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