ignore
verb- ignore something
to pay no attention to something 忽视；对…不予理会 He ignored all the ‘No Smoking’ signs and lit up a cigarette. 他无视所有 “禁止吸烟” 的警示，点了香烟。 I made a suggestion but they chose to ignore it. 我提了个建议，但他们不予理会。 We cannot afford to ignore their advice. 我们不能不考虑他们的劝告。 to ignore a warning/a problem/an issue 忽视警告/问题/议题 She deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject. 她故意不理我的问题，转移话题。 We can't ignore the fact that there is a huge problem here. 我们不能忽视这是一个巨大的问题。 His work was largely ignored and forgotten for 30 years. 30年来，他的作品在很大程度上被忽视和遗忘。 Much of social science research simply ignores these sectors. 许多社会科学研究完全忽略了这些领域。 The government has completely ignored the wishes of the public. 政府完全无视公众的意愿。
Extra ExamplesHe blithely ignored her protests and went on talking. 对她的抗议他充耳不闻，继续侃侃而谈。 Her mother's opinions on how babies should be cared for were freely given and duly ignored. 关于如何带宝宝的种种意见，她母亲说得痛快，她也忘得干脆。 Hill wilfully ignored the conventions of the banking world. 希尔佯装对银行界的常规不管不顾。 I've learned to ignore all of my sister's hurtful comments. 我已经学会对我妹妹那些伤人的话不予理会了。 People seem very willing to ignore the risks. 人们似乎非常乐于对这些风险视而不见。 Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored. 安全规章被公然无视。 Scientists have tended to ignore these creatures. 科学家往往不理会这些动物。 Social services routinely ignore the problems facing at-risk young women. 社会福利部门对于弱势年轻妇女所面临的问题照例视而不见。 The diesel fumes from Oxford's buses are not easily ignored. 牛津的公共汽车燃烧柴油排放的尾气不容忽视。 The managers have conveniently ignored these statistics. 经理们为图省心而忽略了这些统计数字。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- cannot
- cannot afford to
- be difficult to
- …
- be widely ignored
- ignore something at your peril
- ignore the fact that…
- …
- ignore somebody
to pretend that you have not seen somebody or that somebody is not there 佯装未见；不予理睬 She ignored him and carried on with her work. 她没理他，继续干她的活儿。 If he tries to start an argument, just ignore him. 如果他试图挑起争论，不要理他。
Extra ExamplesHe continued eating, deciding to ignore her. 他继续吃着，决意对她不理不睬。 I shrugged, pretending to ignore him. 我耸了耸肩，假装对他视而不见。 She sat at her desk and studiously ignored me. 她坐在办公桌前，故意对我不理不睬。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- cannot
- cannot afford to
- be difficult to
- …
- be widely ignored
- ignore something at your peril
- ignore the fact that…
- …
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘be ignorant of’): from French ignorer or Latin ignorare ‘not know, ignore’, from in- ‘not’ + gno-, a base meaning ‘know’. Current senses date from the early 19th cent.