English Dictionary

neglect

IPA（発音記号）

/nɪˈɡlɛkt/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something. / (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.

日本語の意味

世話を怠る / 注意を払わない / 軽視する

Please do not neglect the houseplants while you're away this weekend.

今週末家を留守にする間、観葉植物の世話を怠らないでください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.

to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts

意味（2）

(transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.

to neglect strangers

意味（3）

(transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.

A friend of mine who runs an intellectual magazine was grousing about his movie critic, complaining that though the fellow had liked The Godfather (page 58), he had neglected to label it clearly as a masterpiece.

意味（4）

(transitive, mathematics) To ignore for the sake of simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy.

We can neglect this term, as it approaches zero in the limit anyway.

neglects （ present singular third-person ）

neglecting （ participle present ）

neglected （ participle past ）

neglected （ past ）