blind

1. ADJ Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged. 失明的

I started helping him run the business when he went blind. 他失明以后，我就開始幫他打理生意。

2. N-PLURAL The blind are people who are blind. 盲人

He was a teacher of the blind. 他過去是位教盲人的老師。

3. blindnessN-UNCOUNT 失明

Early diagnosis and treatment can usually prevent blindness. 早期診斷和治療通常可以防止失明。

4. V-T If something blinds you, it makes you unable to see, either for a short time or permanently. 使看不見; 使失明

The sun hit the windshield, momentarily blinding him. 陽光射在擋風(fēng)玻璃上，使他一時(shí)看不見。

5. ADJ If you are blind with something such as tears or a bright light, you are unable to see for a short time because of the tears or light. 因 (眼淚或強(qiáng)光) 而暫時(shí)看不見的[v-link ADJ, usu ADJ 'with' n]

Her mother groped for the back of the chair, her eyes blind with tears. 她媽媽摸索著椅背，她的眼睛被眼淚遮住了視線。

6. blindlyADV 暫時(shí)看不見地

Lettie groped blindly for the glass. 萊蒂瞎子似地摸索著找杯子。

7. ADJ If you say that someone is blind to a fact or a situation, you mean that they ignore it or are unaware of it, although you think that they should take notice of it or be aware of it. 視而不見的; 沒有覺察到的[v-link ADJ 'to' n] [表不滿]

David's good looks and impeccable manners had always made her blind to his faults. 大衛(wèi)俊朗的外表和完美的風(fēng)度總是令她對(duì)他的缺點(diǎn)視而不見。

8. blindnessN-UNCOUNT 忽視

...blindness in government policy to the very existence of the unemployed. …政府政策中對(duì)失業(yè)人員的存在這一事實(shí)的忽視。

9. V-T If something blinds you to the real situation, it prevents you from realizing that it exists or from understanding it properly. 使覺察不到; 使理解不當(dāng)

He never allowed his love of Australia to blind him to his countrymen's faults. 他從來不因自己對(duì)澳大利亞的熱愛而無視同胞的過錯(cuò)。

10. ADJ You can describe someone's beliefs or actions as blind when you think that they seem to take no notice of important facts or behave in an unreasonable way. 盲目的[表不滿]

...her blind faith in the wisdom of the church. …她對(duì)教會(huì)箴言的盲目信仰。

11. N-COUNT A blind is a roll of cloth or paper which you can pull down over a window as a covering. 窗簾; 百葉窗簾

Pulling the blinds up, she let some of the bright sunlight in. 她拉起窗簾，讓一些明媚的陽光照進(jìn)來。

12. →see also blinding , blindly

13. PHRASE If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it. 視而不見[表不滿]

Teachers are turning a blind eye to pupils smoking at school, a report reveals today. 今天的一篇報(bào)道稱，教師對(duì)學(xué)生在校抽煙視而不見。