neglect
US: /nəˈɡɫɛkt/, /nɪˈɡɫɛkt/
UK: /nɪɡlˈɛkt/
UK: /nɪɡlˈɛkt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
neglect /ni'glekt/
- danh từ
- sự sao lãng, sự cẩu thả, sự không chú ý
- neglect of duty: sự sao lãng bổn phận
- sự bỏ bê, sự bỏ mặc
- to be in a state of neglect: ở trong tình trạng bị bỏ mặc không được trông nom đến
- sự thời ơ, sự hờ hững
- to treat somebosy with neglect: thời ơ đối với ai
- sự sao lãng, sự cẩu thả, sự không chú ý
- ngoại động từ
- sao lãng, không chú ý
- to neglect one's studies: sao lãng việc học hành
- to neglect one's duties: sao lãng bổn phận
- bỏ bê, bỏ mặc
- thờ ơ, hờ hững
- to neglect one's friends: thờ ơ đối với bạn bè
- sao lãng, không chú ý
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 [VN] to fail to take care of sb/sth: She denies neglecting her baby. + The buildings had been neglected for years. + Don't neglect your health.
2 [VN] to not give enough attention to sth: Dance has been neglected by television. + She has neglected her studies.
3 [V to inf] (formal) to fail or forget to do sth that you ought to do: You neglected to mention the name of your previous employer.
See also -
+ noun [U] ~ (of sth/sb) the fact of not giving enough care or attention to sth/sb; the state of not receiving enough care or attention: The law imposed penalties for the neglect of children. + The buildings are crumbling from years of neglect. + The place smelled of decay and neglect.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 disregard, ignore, slight, pay no attention to, be inattentive to, overlook, pass by, spurn, rebuff, scorn, disdain, contemn, Colloq cold-shoulder:
Scholars neglected his work for years.
2 fail (in), omit; disregard, let slide or pass, be remiss (about or in or regarding), abandon, lose sight of, forget, shirk:
Have I neglected telling you how much I love you? Sybil has neglected her obligations.
n.
3 disregard, disrespect, inattention, indifference, slighting, unconcern, oversight, heedlessness, neglectfulness, carelessness, inadvertence:
We lost business to our competitor through simple neglect.
4 negligence, laxity, laxness, slackness, neglectfulness, passivity, passiveness, inactivity, inaction, dereliction, default, failure, failing, remissness:
She has been accused of neglect in looking after her children properly.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
general, total | comparative, relative | benign
The eighteenth-century interior of the building has survived through benign neglect.
| deliberate, serious, wilful | physical | child
The maximum penalty for child neglect is ten years' imprisonment.
VERB + NEGLECT
suffer (from)
The buildings suffered neglect for centuries.
| be guilty of
The doctor was guilty of serious neglect of duty.
PREP.
by ~
cruelty by neglect
| through ~
the suffering of children through neglect
| to the ~ of
She had concentrated on her music to the neglect of her other studies.
PHRASES
centuries/years of neglect
After years of neglect the house is at last being restored.
ADV.
grossly, seriously | completely, entirely, totally, wholly | largely | conveniently
(ironic),
deliberately, wilfully
conveniently neglecting their responsibilities
| conspicuously
an aspect of the problem conspicuously neglected by social scientists
| hitherto, previously
VERB + NEGLECT
tend to | cannot/could not afford to
This sector is one of the major growth areas and we cannot afford to neglect it.
PREP.
in favour of
Local communities have been neglected in favour of private sector interests.
Concise English dictionary
neglects|neglected|neglectingnɪ'glekt
noun
+lack of attention and due care
+the state of something that has been unused and neglected
+willful lack of care and attention
+the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
+failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
verb
+leave undone or leave out
+fail to do something; leave something undone
+fail to attend to
+give little or no attention to
