| 单词 | neglect |
| 释义 | neglect (once / 133 pages) vn Neglect is worse than ignoring something. It's ignoring it, failing to care for it, and probably harming it in the process. 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. WORD FAMILYneglect: neglected, neglecter, neglectful, neglecting, neglects+/neglected: neglectedly/neglecter: neglecters/neglectful: neglectfully, neglectfulness USAGE EXAMPLESHis broken-down teeth seemed to bear testimony to years of neglect. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The demands for bribes delay shipments, and state officials sometimes neglect to distribute what they import. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) When we neglect to decentralize it, it will be automatically centered. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1v leave undone or leave out Syn|Ant|Hypo drop, leave out, miss, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit attend to, take to heart get down to; pay attention to; take seriously forget forget to do something jump, pass over, skip, skip overbypass 2v fail to do something; leave something undone Syn|Hypo fail lose track fail to keep informed or aware strike output out or be put out by a strikeout default, default onfail to pay up chokefail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation mufffail to catch, as of a ball missfail to attend an event or activity fanstrike out (a batter), (of a pitcher) whiffstrike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third cut, skipintentionally fail to attend 3v fail to attend to he neglects his children Hypo slack be inattentive to, or neglect 4v give little or no attention to Syn|Hypo disregard, ignore pretermit disregard intentionally or let pass 5n the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern Syn|Hypo|Hyper neglectfulness, negligence delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect a tendency to be negligent and uncaring laxity, laxness, remissness, slacknessthe quality of being lax and neglectful carelessness, sloppiness the quality of not being careful or taking pains 6n failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances Syn|Hypo|Hyper carelessness, negligence, nonperformance dereliction willful negligence comparative negligence(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff concurrent negligence(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately contributory negligence(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence criminal negligence, culpable negligence(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) neglect of duty(law) breach of a duty dodging, escape, evasionnonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do nonfeasancea failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do escape mechanisma form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities malingering, skulkingevading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated goldbricking, goofing off, shirking, slacking, soldieringthe evasion of work or duty circumventionthe act of evading by going around nonaccomplishment, nonachievement an act that does not achieve its intended goal 7n the state of something that has been unused and neglected the house was in a terrible state of neglect Syn|Hypo|Hyper disuse omission something that has been omitted declination, decline a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state 8n lack of attention and due care Syn|Hypo|Hyper disregard omission neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something inadvertence, oversightan unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something pretermissionletting pass without notice elision, exception, exclusiona deliberate act of omission inattention lack of attention 9n willful lack of care and attention Syn|Hypo|Hyper disregard despite contemptuous disregard mistreatment the practice of treating (someone or something) badly |
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