| 释义 |
Verb: neglect ni'glekt- Leave undone or leave out
- pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap - Fail to do something; leave something undone
- fail - Fail to attend to
"he neglects his children" - Give little or no attention to
- ignore, disregard, tune out
Noun: neglect ni'glekt- Lack of attention and due care
- disregard - The state of something that has been unused and neglected
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
- disuse - Wilful lack of care and attention
- disregard - The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
- negligence, neglectfulness - Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- negligence, carelessness, nonperformance
Derived forms: neglected, neglects, neglecting See also: neglecter, negligent Type of: carelessness, declination, decline, inattention, mistreatment, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, sloppiness Antonym: attend to Encyclopedia: Neglect |