benign neglect 善意的忽视
- Then America should adopt a policy of benign neglect towards the North.
那么美国对朝鲜应该采取“善意忽视”的政策。 - And Washington has adopted a policy of benign neglect towards the currency, despite the strong-dollar rhetoric, in the hope that cheaper exports will make up for the squeeze on consumer spending.
华盛顿已经采用对货币良性忽视的政策,不管强势美元的说辞,寄希望于廉价出口可以弥补因销售者消费减少产生的缺口。 - For investors full of anger and fear, however, benign neglect might be the best they can muster.
不过,对于充满愤怒和恐惧的投资者来说,善意的忽略可能是他们所能采纳的最好策略了。
Neglect \Neg*lect"\, n. [L. neglectus. See {Neglect}, v.]
1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of
duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness;
failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard;
as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame,
Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. --Milton.
2. Omission of attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect
of strangers.
3. Habitual carelessness; negligence.
Age breeds neglect in all. --Denham.
4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. --Prior.
Syn: Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem;
remissness; indifference. See {Negligence}.
{benign neglect} A deliberate policy of minimizing public
discussion of a controversial issue [e.g. by the
president] on the theory that excessive discussion in
itself is harmful or counterproductive.
[PJC]