neglect
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you neglect someone or something, you fail to take care of them properly. 疏于照管
The woman denied that she had neglected her child. 那位婦女否認(rèn)疏于照管她的孩子。
Feed plants and they grow, neglect them and they suffer. 給植物施肥,它們就生長(zhǎng);疏于照管,它們就遭殃。
2. N-UNCOUNT Neglect is also a noun. 疏于照管
The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect. 這座小鎮(zhèn)的舊碼頭區(qū)在多年疏于保養(yǎng)后快要坍塌了。
3. V-T If you neglect someone or something, you fail to give them the amount of attention that they deserve. 忽視
He'd given too much to his career, worked long hours, neglected her. 他在事業(yè)上投入太多了,長(zhǎng)時(shí)間地工作,冷落了她。
4. neglectedADJ 被忽視的
The fact that she is not coming today makes her grandmother feel lonely and neglected. 她今天不來(lái)了,這讓她的祖母感到孤單,受到冷落。
...a neglected aspect of the city's forgotten history. …這座城市被遺忘的歷史中一個(gè)被忽視的方面。
5. V-T If you neglect to do something that you ought to do or neglect your duty, you fail to do it. 疏忽
We often neglect to make proper use of our bodies. 我們經(jīng)常疏忽了合理使用我們的身體。
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neglect /n??ɡl?kt/ (neglecting,neglected,neglects)
劍橋詞典
- to not give enough care or attention to people or things that are your responsibility
- He rather neglected his children in favour of his career .
- I've been neglecting my friends recently .
- She's been neglecting the housework .
- The government is neglecting its duty to protect the vulnerable .
- He was prosecuted for neglecting his animals . 返回 neglect
疏于照管;忽視,疏忽
to neglect your appearance /the house 不修邊幅/疏于整理花園
He neglects that poor dog - he never takes him for walks or gives him any attention . 他對(duì)那只可憐的狗漠不關(guān)心——從不帶它散步,也從不關(guān)心它。
She's been neglecting her studies this semester . 她這個(gè)學(xué)期荒疏了自己的學(xué)業(yè)。
?neglect to do sth
to not do something, often because you forget
疏忽,疏漏,忘記做
I'd neglected to give him the name of the hotel where I'd be staying . 我忘了告訴他我住的賓館的名字。
He neglected to mention the fact that we could lose money on the deal . 他忘了提我們做這筆交易可能會(huì)虧本。
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