negative
expressing‘no'
A negative sentence or phrase is one which contains a word such as 'not', 'no', 'never' or 'nothing'
not hopeful, or tending to consider only the bad side of a situation
of the type of electrical charge which is carried by electrons
a piece of film from which a photograph can be produced, and in which light and dark areas appear the opposite way round to the way in which they appear in the photograph:
(of a medical test) showing that the patient does not have the disease or condition for which he or she has been tested
(of a number or amount) less than zero
adj. [數] 負的；消極的；否定的；【細菌學、醫學】陰性的，無病菌的
n. 否定；負數；[攝] 底片
vt. 否定；拒絕

例句：
The suggestion was negatived by the school board.
這提議被教育委員會否決了。

negate
To make ineffective or invalid; nullify.
To rule out; deny. See Synonyms at deny.
Computer Science. To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate.
v. 否定；取消；使無效；【計算機科學】 求反，非：執行計算機邏輯NOT門操作

例句：
The story negated the trade supported by the government.
該項報道否認了此項貿易受到政府的支持。

abnegate ab-, away from 離開 abnormal
To give up (rights or a claim, for example); renounce.
To deny (something) to oneself
vt. 放棄；舍棄；禁忌;克制(私心、欲望等)

negatron -a- 連字符 ＋ -tron(= electron) 電子
An electron with a negative charge, as contrasted with a positron
n. [物] 陰電子（等于negative electron）

renegade
詞匯起源
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Spanish; Origin: renegado, from Medieval Latin renegare 'to say that something is not true', from Latin negare;NEGATE]

One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
An outlaw; a rebel.
Of, relating to, or resembling a renegade; traitorous.
To become a deserter or an outlaw.
n. 叛徒；變節者；脫黨者
vi. 背叛；脫離
adj. 叛徒的；背棄的；脫離的

例句：
His conversation with the renegade seemed to have taken all the heart out of him.
跟那個叛徒的談話似乎使他完全失去了勇氣。

neglect collect

To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard: neglected their warnings.
To fail to care for or attend to properly: neglects her appearance.
To fail to do or carry out, as through carelessness or oversight: neglected to return the call.
The act or an instance of neglecting something.
The state of being neglected.
Habitual lack of care.
vt. 疏忽，忽視；忽略
n. 疏忽，忽視；怠慢

詞組短語：
neglect of 疏忽
neglect of duty 玩忽職守；[法]失職；過失責任

例句：
His genius was neglected for several years.
他的創造能力被忽視了好幾年。
He was dismissed for neglecting his work.
他因玩忽職守而被炒了魷魚。

neglectful
Characterized by neglect; heedless
adj. 疏忽的；忽略的；不小心的

negligence
The state or quality of being negligent.
A negligent act or a failure to act.
Law. Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party
n. 疏忽；忽視；粗心大意；【法律】 過失

詞組短語：
gross negligence 重大過失；嚴重過失；顯著的疏忽

例句：
The accident was caused by the negligence of the driver.
事故是由司機的疏忽造成的。

negligible
Not significant or important enough to be worth considering; trifling
adj. 微不足道的，可以忽略的

例句：
His knowledge of geography is negligible.
他的地理知識少得可憐。