名詞 neglect:

1. lack of attention and due care
   同義詞：disregard
2. the state of something that has been unused and neglected
   同義詞：disuse
3. willful lack of care and attention
   同義詞：disregard
4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
   同義詞：negligence, neglectfulness
5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
   同義詞：negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

動詞 neglect:

1. leave undone or leave out
   同義詞：pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
2. fail to do something; leave something undone
   同義詞：fail
3. fail to attend to
4. give little or no attention to
   同義詞：ignore, disregard

1. It's a crime to neglect such a lovely garden.
   讓這么可愛的花園荒廢是極不應(yīng)該的。
2. No country can afford to neglect education.
   任何國家都不容忽視教育。
3. The house has fallen into a state of neglect.
   這所房屋已處于荒廢的狀態(tài)。
4. You've been neglecting your work.
   你對工作不夠重視。
5. Don't neglect to lock the door when you leave.
   你走時別忘了鎖門。

ne.glect

v.tr.（及物動詞）
ne.glect.ed,ne.glect.ing,ne.glects
To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard:
不注意，忽略：不太或毫不注意；不被重視；忽視：
例句：
neglected their warnings.
不顧他們的警告

To fail to care for or attend to properly:
忽視，疏忽：未給與適當(dāng)?shù)闹匾暬蜿P(guān)心：
例句：
neglects her appearance.
沒太重視她的外貌

To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight:
沒有完成，漏做：由于疏忽或有意丟下未做或?qū)嵤?/br>例句：
neglected to return the call.
有意不回電話

n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of neglecting something.
忽略，疏忽：忽略某事的行為或例子
The state of being neglected.
忽視：被忽視的狀態(tài)
Habitual lack of care.
疏忽，輕忽：習(xí)慣性的缺乏關(guān)心

來源：
Latin neglegere neglôct-
拉丁語 neglegere neglôct-
neg- [not] * see ne
neg- [不] *參見 ne
legere [to choose, pick up] * see leg-
legere [選擇，挑選] *參見 leg-

【引伸】
neglect.er
n.（名詞）