🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

忽视

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hū shì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disregard/ˌdɪs.rɪˈɡɑːrd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我们不能忽视这个严重的问题。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To pay no attention to; to ignore or treat as unworthy of consideration.

    "You should disregard the rumors and focus on your actual work."
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of ignoring or treating something with a lack of attention, care, or respect.

    "His blatant disregard for the safety rules led to a serious accident."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix dis- (expressing negation or reversal) combined with regard, originating from the Old French regarder (to look at, heed). It entered the English language in the late 17th century, shifting in meaning from a lack of respect or attention to the active act of ignoring or paying no heed to something.

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