neglect

英 [n?'glekt] 美[n?'gl?kt]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?neglects;過(guò)去式:?neglected;過(guò)去分詞:?neglected;現(xiàn)在分詞:?neglecting;

1. 不選了。neg- => 不, lect- => 選擇.

neglect 忽視

neg-,否定，沒(méi)有，-lect,選擇，詞源同collect,elect.即沒(méi)有選出來(lái)，忽視。

neglect (v.): 1520s, from Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere "to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not trouble oneself about," literally "not to pick up," variant of neclegere, from Old Latin nec "not" (see deny) + legere "pick up, select" (see lecture (n.)). Related: Neglected; neglecting.
neglect (n.): 1580s, from neglect (v.) or from Latin neglectus "a neglecting," noun use of past participle of neglegere.

1. After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up.: 多年的玩忽職守和經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條過(guò)后，這個(gè)城市在進(jìn)行自我整頓。

2. The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect.: 鎮(zhèn)上老碼頭區(qū)多年來(lái)疏于維護(hù),快要塌陷了.

3. They neglect their duty at the least hint of fun elsewhere.: 別處哪怕發(fā)生一丁點(diǎn)兒樂(lè)事，他們便會(huì)忘記自己的職責(zé)。

4. We often neglect to make proper use of our bodies.: 我們經(jīng)常忘記該合理地使用我們的身體。

5. Feed plants and they grow, neglect them and they suffer.: 人勤地生寶；人懶地長(zhǎng)草。