neglect /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ CET4 TEM4 ( neglecting, neglected, neglects )

• 1. 

  V-T If you neglect someone or something, you fail to take care of them properly. 疏于照管

  例：

  The woman denied that she had neglected her child.

  那位妇女否认疏于照管她的孩子。

  例：

  Feed plants and they grow, neglect them and they suffer.

  给植物施肥，它们就生长；疏于照管，它们就遭殃。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT Neglect is also a noun. 疏于照管

  例：

  The town's old quayside is collapsing after years of neglect.

  这座小镇的旧码头区在多年疏于保养后快要坍塌了。

• 3. 

  V-T If you neglect someone or something, you fail to give them the amount of attention that they deserve. 忽视

  例：

  He'd given too much to his career, worked long hours, neglected her.

  他在事业上投入太多了，长时间地工作，冷落了她。

• 4. 

  neglected ADJ 被忽视的

  例：

  The fact that she is not coming today makes her grandmother feel lonely and neglected.

  她今天不来了，这让她的祖母感到孤单，受到冷落。

  例：

  ...a neglected aspect of the city's forgotten history.

  …这座城市被遗忘的历史中一个被忽视的方面。

• 5. 

  V-T If you neglect to do something that you ought to do or neglect your duty, you fail to do it. 疏忽

  例：

  We often neglect to make proper use of our bodies.

  我们经常疏忽了合理使用我们的身体。