ignore: [17] The Latin verb for ‘not know’, and hence ‘disregard’, was īgnōrāre, which was formed with a negative prefix from the stem gnō- ‘know’ (ultimate source also of English narrate). From it English got ignore, and from its derivative īgnōrantia the noun ignorance [13]. Its first person present plural was īgnōrāmus ‘we do not know’. This was originally used in English in the 16th century as a legal term, in the sense ‘we ignore’, used by a Grand Jury in rejecting an indictment for lack of evidence. Not until the early 17th century was it applied to an ‘ignorant person’. => narrate
ignore (v.)
1610s, "not to know, to be ignorant of," from French ignorer "be unaware of," from Latin ignorare "not to know, disregard" (see ignorant). Sense of "pay no attention to" first recorded 1801 (Barnhart says "probably a dictionary word"), and not common until c. 1850. Related: Ignored; ignoring.
双语例句
1. The movie industry had chosen to ignore the encroaching competition of television.
电影业故意无视电视业的侵犯性竞争。
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2. The best way to deal with a tease is to ignore him.
对付爱捉弄人的人的最佳方法就是不搭理他。
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3. They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it.
他们当时知道歧视现象仍然存在，但是宁愿装聋作哑。
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4. The best way to respond to a flame is to ignore it.
回应谩骂性电子邮件的最好办法就是置之不理。
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5. Such arguments ignore the question of where ultimate responsibility lay.
