ignore: [17] The Latin verb for ‘not know’, and hence ‘disregard’, was īgnōrāre, which was formed with a negative prefix from the stem gnō- ‘know’ (ultimate source also of English narrate). From it English got ignore, and from its derivative īgnōrantia the noun ignorance [13]. Its first person present plural was īgnōrāmus ‘we do not know’. This was originally used in English in the 16th century as a legal term, in the sense ‘we ignore’, used by a Grand Jury in rejecting an indictment for lack of evidence. Not until the early 17th century was it applied to an ‘ignorant person’. => narrate
ignore (v.)
1610s, "not to know, to be ignorant of," from French ignorer "be unaware of," from Latin ignorare "not to know, disregard" (see ignorant). Sense of "pay no attention to" first recorded 1801 (Barnhart says "probably a dictionary word"), and not common until c. 1850. Related: Ignored; ignoring.
雙語例句
1. The movie industry had chosen to ignore the encroaching competition of television.
電影業故意無視電視業的侵犯性競爭。
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2. The best way to deal with a tease is to ignore him.
對付愛捉弄人的人的最佳方法就是不搭理他。
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3. They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it.
他們當時知道歧視現象仍然存在，但是寧願裝聾作啞。
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4. The best way to respond to a flame is to ignore it.
回應謾罵性電子郵件的最好辦法就是置之不理。
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5. Such arguments ignore the question of where ultimate responsibility lay.