neglect, ignore, disregard 与 overlook 这些词都有“忽视”、“忽略”的意思。
(1) neglect指对应负责管理或注意的某事未能给予足够的重视,这种疏忽可能是有意的,也可能是无意的。
- Those who neglect their duties should be punished.
玩忽职守者应受惩罚。 - The boy neglected the potted plants and as a result they all died.
这个男孩疏忽了对这些盆栽花的照看,结果它们都死了。
(2) ignore指对某人或某物故意不理会。
- They jeered at me, but I ignored them and walked on.
他们嘲弄我,但我不理睬他们,继续走我的路。 - His driving license was revoked by the police for his ignoring the red light many times.
他因多次闯红灯而被警察吊销了驾驶执照。
(3) disregard指对警告、反对意见等不理会、不重视,强调主观、有意地忽视或不理睬。
- He utterly disregarded my warnings and met with an accident.
他全然不理会我的警告,结果出了事故。 - They always disregarded my suggestion.
他们总是无视我的建议。
(4) overlook指因匆忙、粗心等原因而忽略了应注意的事物或细节。
- The editor overlooked a printer's error.
这位编辑忽略了一个印刷错误。 - The mother overlooked her little boy's bad behavior.
那位母亲忽视了她小儿子的不良行为。