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词汇 example_english_gross-neglect
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gross neglect

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meanings of grossand neglect


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gross
adjective
adverb
uk /ɡrəʊs/ us /ɡroʊs/
(in) ...
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neglect
noun[U]
uk /nɪˈɡlekt/ us /nɪˈɡlekt/
a situation in which you do not give enough care or attention to someone or something, or the state of not receiving enough care ...
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Examples of gross neglect


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To have disregarded the local government proposals would have been a grossneglect of the responsibility of government.
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Indeed, it would be a grossneglect of duty.
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Unless you can prove that there is grossneglect, you cannot take back the child.
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The moral aspect of the question still remains, and if there is grossneglect, it can still be dealt with under the law.
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Linked with this is the grossneglect of our own under-developed areas in this country.
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Can we wonder that it has been going against us, for in a matter of this kind it is scandalous and grossneglect?
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The present shortcomings are due to the grossneglect of the past.
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Had we done so, we would not have found these areas of grossneglect which we must put right.
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This £2 million or £3 million, for an absolutely vital asset which we require, is brought up as a reason for this very grossneglect.
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That industry was a vital source of our trade but, notwithstanding that, there was constantly grossneglect.
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The situation exists in which nothing has been done by the public authority to remedy a state of under-occupation and grossneglect of housing resources.
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To rectify our omissions will take time, but to ignore the measure of our time will make every one of us culpable of grossneglect.
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Does she accept that consistent underfunding, lack of planning and grossneglect of primary and hospital investment lie at the heart of the problem with which the statement deals?
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There was a case some time ago of an elderly man who pleaded guilty to a charge of grossneglect of a number of farm animals.
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The lack of a clear strategy to pull together the evidence from across agencies, co-ordinate intelligence gathering, and put in place the support such children need is a grossneglect.
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He forgets that when we took over the pits we suffered from the grossneglect of the pits over many years while the industry was privately owned.
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And when we are talking about criminal responsibility—that is where the criminal responsibility lies in many cases: in grossneglect and indifference of parents to what their children are doing.
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Compared with the massive programme of underground construction that was undertaken in the 1920s and 1930s, there has been grossneglect of investing in the system.
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Due to the uncertainty around the land claims the suburb is in a state of grossneglect.
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Business prohibitions are given as punishments and as preemptive measures following aggravated offences while in office, such as false accounting, or grossneglect of duties.
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