| 单词 | benign neglect |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbenign neglect b. benign neglect, non-interference or neglect as a policy intended to benefit the subject more than continual attention; well-intentioned or beneficial neglect. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > refraining from interference to let alone1608 unmeddlingnessa1656 non-interference1829 to let be1891 benign neglect1970 1970 D. P. Moynihan in N.Y. Times 1 Mar. 69/4 The time may have come when the issue of race could benefit from a period of ‘benign neglect’. 1971 N.Y. Times 27 June ii. 31/6 Black composers and women composers share a heritage of musical subjugation—of malign as well as benign neglect. 1977 Harper's Mag. Jan. 85/2 How we do, and at the same time, do not, think about our children's books, is best reflected by that infuriating form of benign neglect, the roundup review. 1985 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 16/2 How difficult it is for modern governments—busy, garrulous, interfering bodies—to exercise ‘benign neglect’. < as lemmas |
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