neglect

• vt. 疏忽，忽視；忽略
• n. 疏忽，忽視；怠慢

neg-,否定，沒有，-lect,選擇，詞源同collect,elect.即沒有選出來，忽視。

neglect (v.)

1520s, from Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere "to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not trouble oneself about," literally "not to pick up," variant of neclegere, from Old Latin nec "not" (see deny) + legere "pick up, select" (see lecture (n.)). Related: Neglected; neglecting.

neglect (n.)

1580s, from neglect (v.) or from Latin neglectus "a neglecting," noun use of past participle of neglegere.

1. After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up.

多年的玩忽職守和經濟蕭條過後，這個城市在進行自我整頓。

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

鎮上老碼頭區多年來疏於維護,快要塌陷了.

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3. They neglect their duty at the least hint of fun elsewhere.

別處哪怕發生一丁點兒樂事，他們便會忘記自己的職責。

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4. We often neglect to make proper use of our bodies.

我們經常忘記該合理地使用我們的身體。

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

人勤地生寶；人懶地長草。

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