blind /blaɪnd/ CET4 TEM4 ( blinding, blinded, blinds )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  I started helping him run the business when he went blind.

  他失明以后，我就开始帮他打理生意。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  He was a teacher of the blind.

  他过去是位教盲人的老师。

• 3. 

  blindness N-UNCOUNT 失明

  例：

  Early diagnosis and treatment can usually prevent blindness.

  早期诊断和治疗通常可以防止失明。

• 4. 

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

  例：

  The sun hit the windshield, momentarily blinding him.

  阳光射在挡风玻璃上，使他一时看不见。

• 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 (眼泪或强光) 而暂时看不见的 [v-link ADJ, usu ADJ 'with' n]

  例：

  Her mother groped for the back of the chair, her eyes blind with tears.

  她妈妈摸索着椅背，她的眼睛被眼泪遮住了视线。

• 6. 

  blindly ADV 暂时看不见地

  例：

  Lettie groped blindly for the glass.

  莱蒂瞎子似地摸索着找杯子。

• 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. 视而不见的; 没有觉察到的 [v-link ADJ 'to' n] [表不满]

  例：

  David's good looks and impeccable manners had always made her blind to his faults.

  大卫俊朗的外表和完美的风度总是令她对他的缺点视而不见。

• 8. 

  blindness N-UNCOUNT 忽视

  例：

  ...blindness in government policy to the very existence of the unemployed.

  …政府政策中对失业人员的存在这一事实的忽视。

• 9. 

  V-T If something blinds you to the real situation, it prevents you from realizing that it exists or from understanding it properly. 使觉察不到; 使理解不当

  例：

  He never allowed his love of Australia to blind him to his countrymen's faults.

  他从来不因自己对澳大利亚的热爱而无视同胞的过错。

• 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 [表不满]

  例：

  ...her blind faith in the wisdom of the church.

  …她对教会箴言的盲目信仰。

• 11. 

  N-COUNT A blind is a roll of cloth or paper which you can pull down over a window as a covering. 窗帘; 百叶窗帘

  例：

  Pulling the blinds up, she let some of the bright sunlight in.

  她拉起窗帘，让一些明媚的阳光照进来。

• 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. 视而不见 [表不满]

  例：

  Teachers are turning a blind eye to pupils smoking at school, a report reveals today.

  今天的一篇报道称，教师对学生在校抽烟视而不见。