neglect

名词 neglect:

1. lack of attention and due care
   同义词：disregard
2. the state of something that has been unused and neglected
   同义词：disuse
3. willful lack of care and attention
   同义词：disregard
4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
   同义词：negligence, neglectfulness
5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
   同义词：negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

动词 neglect:

1. leave undone or leave out
   同义词：pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
2. fail to do something; leave something undone
   同义词：fail
3. fail to attend to
4. give little or no attention to
   同义词：ignore, disregard

1. It's a crime to neglect such a lovely garden.
   让这么可爱的花园荒废是极不应该的。
2. No country can afford to neglect education.
   任何国家都不容忽视教育。
3. The house has fallen into a state of neglect.
   这所房屋已处于荒废的状态。
4. You've been neglecting your work.
   你对工作不够重视。
5. Don't neglect to lock the door when you leave.
   你走时别忘了锁门。

ne.glect

v.tr.（及物动词）
ne.glect.ed,ne.glect.ing,ne.glects
To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard:
不注意，忽略：不太或毫不注意；不被重视；忽视：
例句：
neglected their warnings.
不顾他们的警告

To fail to care for or attend to properly:
忽视，疏忽：未给与适当的重视或关心：
例句：
neglects her appearance.
没太重视她的外貌

To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight:
没有完成，漏做：由于疏忽或有意丢下未做或实施：
例句：
neglected to return the call.
有意不回电话

n.（名词）
The act or an instance of neglecting something.
忽略，疏忽：忽略某事的行为或例子
The state of being neglected.
忽视：被忽视的状态
Habitual lack of care.
疏忽，轻忽：习惯性的缺乏关心

来源：
Latin neglegere neglôct-
拉丁语 neglegere neglôct-
neg- [not] * see ne
neg- [不] *参见 ne
legere [to choose, pick up] * see leg-
legere [选择，挑选] *参见 leg-

【引伸】
neglect.er
n.（名词）