英语词汇“neglect”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

neglectneglect1 /nɪˈglɛkt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYneglect¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of neglegere, negligere, from neg- not + legere to gather

VERB TABLE

neglect

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	neglect
	he, she, it	neglects
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	neglected
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have neglected
	he, she, it	has neglected
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had neglected
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will neglect
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have neglected

Continuous Form
Present	I	am neglecting
	he, she, it	is neglecting
	you, we, they	are neglecting
Past	I, he, she, it	was neglecting
	you, we, they	were neglecting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been neglecting
	he, she, it	has been neglecting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been neglecting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be neglecting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been neglecting

1to not take care of someone or something very well: She denied neglecting her children.2to not pay enough attention to someone or something: I’ve been neglecting my friends lately.3to not do something or forget to do it, often because you are lazy or careless: neglect to do something He neglected to mention one important fact. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of neglegere, negligere, from neg- not + legere to gather]

verb | noun

neglectneglect2 ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1failure to take care of someone or something well: cases of child abuse and neglect2the condition that someone or something is in when he, she, or it has not been taken care of: The inner cities are in a state of neglect.3the act of not doing or paying attention to something that you are supposed to do or pay attention to: neglect of duty