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 thờ ơ, sự hờ hững

to treat somebody with neglect

thờ ơ đối với ai

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

bỏ qua

sự bỏ qua

V.

Disregard, ignore, slight, pay no attention to, beinattentive to, overlook, pass by, spurn, rebuff, scorn,disdain, contemn, Colloq cold-shoulder: Scholars neglected hiswork for years.

Fail (in), omit; disregard, let slide orpass, be remiss (about or in or regarding), abandon, lose sightof, forget, shirk: Have I neglected telling you how much I loveyou? Sybil has neglected her obligations.

N.

Disregard, disrespect, inattention, indifference,slighting, unconcern, oversight, heedlessness, neglectfulness,carelessness, inadvertence: We lost business to our competitorthrough simple neglect.

Negligence, laxity, laxness,slackness, neglectfulness, passivity, passiveness, inactivity,inaction, dereliction, default, failure, failing, remissness:She has been accused of neglect in looking after her childrenproperly.

V. & n.

V.tr.

Fail to care for or to do; be remiss about(neglected their duty; neglected his children).

(foll. byverbal noun, or to + infin.) fail; overlook or forget the needto (neglected to inform them; neglected telling them).

Notpay attention to; disregard (neglected the obvious warning).

N.

Lack of caring; negligence (the house suffered fromneglect).

A the act of neglecting. b the state of beingneglected (the house fell into neglect).

(usu. foll. by of)disregard.

Neglectful adj. neglectfully adv. neglectfulnessn. [L neglegere neglect- f. neg- not + legere choose, pick up]