neglect英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The act of neglecting. countable,uncountable
The state of being neglected. countable,uncountable
Habitual lack of care. countable,uncountable

— Fifteen participants argued that the neglect of discourse on relationships had major implications for the ability of adolescents to acquire courtship skills and maintain relationships. This neglect means that the students acquire knowledge and skills through the media and by observing and imitating others in their immediate environment.

动词 v.

To fail to care for or attend to something. transitive

— to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts
To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight. transitive

— to neglect strangers
To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness. transitive

— A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to label it clearly as a masterpiece.
To ignore for the sake of simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy. transitive

— We can neglect this term, as it approaches zero in the limit anyway.

词形变化

neglects present,singular,third-person neglecting participle,present neglected participle,past neglected past neglects plural

词汇关系

近义词

take no notice of carelessness negligence

反义词

care mind reck consider notice regard consideration

衍生词

benign neglect neglectability neglectable neglectably neglectee neglecter neglectful neglectfully neglectfulness neglection neglective overneglect pseudoneglect reneglect child neglect hemineglect hemispatial neglect neglectproof

词源

词源 1

The verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”). The noun is from neglēctus (“neglect”). First attested in 1460, the noun in 1588.

词源 2

The verb is inherited from Middle English neglect, neclect, derived from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“to make light of, disregard, not to pick up”), itself from nec (“not”) + legō (“to pick up, select”). The noun is from neglēctus (“neglect”). First attested in 1460, the noun in 1588.