【突破英文词汇】有关neglect“忽视”的词汇

有关neglect“忽视”的词汇

 

1. default /diˈfɔ:lt/ 1. n. 拖欠；缺席；违约 2. vi. 拖欠；缺席

  -- 1. failure to do something required; neglect; negligence¹

     2. fail to pay or appear when due

The Royals must be on the playing field by 4 p.m. If they do not appear, they will lose the game by default.

皇家队必须在下午4点到达比赛场地，如果他们逾时不到，将因违例而输掉这场比赛。

The finance company took away Mr. Lee's car when he defaulted on the payments.

李先生不能付款时，贷款公司就拿走了他的车。

 

2. ignore /iɡˈnɔ:/ vt. 无视；忽略

  -- refuse to take notice of; disregard; overlook

The motorist is given a ticket for ignoring a stop sign.

那摩托车驾驶员因无视停车的信号，而被开了一张违章通知单。

 

3. neglect /niˈɡlekt/ 1. vt. 不顾 2. n. 忽略

  -- 1. give little attention to; leave undone²; disregard

     2. lack of proper care or attention; disregard; negligence

Some of the students in the play neglected their studies during the rehearsals³, but after the performance they caught up quickly.

某些参加戏剧表演的学生排演时置课业于不顾，不过在演出结束后他们又及时赶上了。

For leaving his post, the guard is charged with neglect of duty.

这名守卫因擅离岗位而被控玩忽职守。

 

4. heedless  /ˈhi:dləs/ adj. 不在意的

  -- not taking heed⁴; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unmindful; reckless

Before his injury, Mike used to jump from the stairs. heedless of "No Jumping" sign. Now he pays attention to it.

受伤前，迈克总是从楼梯上跳下来，根本不把“不准跳跃”的标志放在眼里，现在他就留心了。

 

5. inadvertent /ˌɪnəd'vɜ:tənt/ adj. 轻率的；不小心的

  -- ( used to describe blunders, mistakes, etc., rather than people) heedless; thoughtless; careless

Unfortunately, I made an inadvertent remark about Emma's failure while she was present.

爱玛在场时，很不巧我冒失地提及她的失败。

 

6. remiss⁵ /rɪˈmɪs/ adj. 不小心的

  -- negligent⁶; careless; lax

The owner of the stolen car was himself remiss. He left the keys in the vehicle.

被窃的车主自己不小心，因为他把钥匙留在了车上。

 

7. slovenly⁷ /ˈslʌvnli/ adj. 懒散的； 不整齐的

  -- negligent of neatness or order in one's dress, habits, work, etc.; slipshod; sloppy⁸

You would not expect anyone so neat in her personal appearance to be slovenly in her housekeeping.

你无法想像她这么一个外表整洁的人会在家务事上如此懒散邋遢。

1 negligence   

n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意

参考例句：

• They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
• The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。

2 undone   

a.未做完的，未完成的

参考例句：

• He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

3 rehearsals   

n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 )；排练；复述；重复

参考例句：

• The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
• She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 heed   

v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心

参考例句：

• You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。
• For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

5 remiss   

adj.不小心的，马虎

参考例句：

• It was remiss of him to forget her birthday.他竟忘了她的生日，实在是糊涂。
• I would be remiss if I did not do something about it.如果我对此不做点儿什么就是不负责任。

6 negligent   

adj.疏忽的；玩忽的；粗心大意的

参考例句：

• The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.委员会听说他玩忽职守。
• If the government is proved negligent,compensation will be payable.如果证明是政府的疏忽，就应支付赔偿。

7 slovenly   

adj.懒散的，不整齐的，邋遢的

参考例句：

• People were scandalized at the slovenly management of the company.人们对该公司草率的经营感到愤慨。
• Such slovenly work habits will never produce good products.这样马马虎虎的工作习惯决不能生产出优质产品来。

8 sloppy   

adj.邋遢的，不整洁的

参考例句：

• If you do such sloppy work again,I promise I'll fail you.要是下次作业你再马马虎虎，我话说在头里，可要给你打不及格了。
• Mother constantly picked at him for being sloppy.母亲不断地批评他懒散。