3turn a blind eye (to something)to deliberately ignore something that you know should not be happening (对某事物)视若无睹,装作看不见
Teachers were turning a blind eye to smoking in school.
老师对学生在学校里抽烟睁一只眼闭一只眼。
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turn a blind eye (to something)• Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye.• The best the authorities could do was turn a blind eye.• The staff knew what was going on but they turned a blind eye.• They just had to put up with it and turn a blind eye.• Automakers say that in their zeal to promoteairbags, regulatorsturned a blind eye to evidence of hazards.• Rugby, whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot, turns a blind eye to fighting on the field.• Many landlordsturn a blind eye to the fact that two families are sharingapartments.• But the police turn a blind eye to the lawbreaking.• He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylumseekers around the world.
4not take/pay a blind bit of noticeBritish EnglishBrE informal to completely ignore what someone does or says, especially in a way that is annoying 对…视若无睹;把…不当一回事
He never pays a blind bit of notice to what his staff tell him.
对手下员工的话,他从来不当一回事。
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not take/pay a blind bit of notice• For six years, the Government have not taken a blindbit of notice of the Audit Commission's report.
5not make a blind bit of differenceBritish EnglishBrE informalCHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENT used to emphasize that whatever someone says or does will not change the situation at all 没有一点儿区别;于事无补;无任何作用
Try and talk to her if you want, but I don’t think it’ll make a blind bit of difference.
你想的话就去和她谈谈,不过我认为根本不会有什么作用。
6feelings 感觉
a)blind faith/prejudice/obedience etcEMOTIONAL strong feelings that someone has without thinking about why they have them – used to show disapproval 盲目的信仰/偏见/顺从等〔含贬义〕
Blind faith sent thousands of people to a pointless war.
盲目的信念把成千上万的人送上战场去打一场毫无意义的战争。
a story about blind loyalty
一个关于愚忠的故事
b)blind panic/rageEMOTIONAL strong feelings of fear or anger that you cannot control 莫名的恐慌/愤怒
In a moment of blind panic, she had pulled the trigger and shot the man dead.
她在一阵莫名的恐惧之中扣动扳机,打死了那个男人。
Blind rage took hold of him.
他内心升起了一股无名之火。
7.road 道路blind bend/cornerTTRa corner in a road that you cannot see beyond when you are driving 隐蔽的弯道[拐角]
8.the blind leading the blindNOT KNOWused to say that people who do not know much about what they are doing are guiding or advising others who know nothing at all 盲人给瞎子引路;瞎指挥
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the blind leading the blind• It has become a case of the blindleading the blind.• This is calledthe blind leading the blind.
9.aircraft 飞机TTAblindflying is when you use only instruments to fly an aircraft because you cannot see through cloud, mist etc 盲飞的〔指因为云雾太大等原因看不见前方,故此只靠仪表驾驶飞机〕
—blindness noun
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blind• a radioprogramme specially for the blind• She's about my age, and blind.• Blake is now over 90, and almost blind.• My grandmother is almost totally blind.• Without treatment, the patient will go blind.• The operation left their sonblind and brain-damaged.• The light was blinding, and she covered her face.• The first bombexploded with a blindingflash.• He told her of the disease, of its origin, of the blind foolishness that had freed it.• There's a blind man who sellspopcorn on the corner.• But a blind person can still recognize a friend by the sound of his footsteps or even his scent.• A partially blind, poor, black man with little or no book learning outside of the Bible heard a call.• Krauss never takes anything on blindtrust.• A nearbysnackshop run by an organization of blindworkers has shut down.
blind somebody with science• He had a limp, walkedround importantly with a stick and talked big, blinding her with science.• You can blind me with science, but I know what I hear.
1DHH (also (window) shadeAmerican EnglishAmE) [countableC] a covering, especially one made of cloth, that can be rolled up and down to cover a window inside a building 〔能上下卷迭的〕窗帘,卷帘;百叶帘
The blinds were drawn (=pulled down) to protect the new furniture from the sun.
2.[countableC]American EnglishAmEDSOHB a small shelter where you can watch birds or animals without being seen by them 〔窥视鸟或动物的〕隐蔽处,埋伏处SYN British English hide
3.[singular]TRICK/DECEIVE a trick or excuse to stop someone from discovering the truth 障眼物;掩饰;借口
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blind• This tiny black fly is the biggest cause of blindness in Central Africa.• It is far better to use cafe curtains, short, tied-back curtains, or blinds.• The blindspulled, by her domesticdecree, half way down the windows discouraged all hope.
blinds ... drawn• It wasn't much brighter than the corridor in there, for blinds were drawn on the two windows.• Three windows had their greenblinds perpetually drawn against morning sun or any damage from afternoon light.• The kitchen was quite dark because the blinds were drawn.• The minister said he felt disorientated, the blinds were drawn, and he lost track of time.• Theodora noticed the blinds were drawn in all but the central block.• For some unknownreason, the blinds were always drawn, giving it a depressingatmosphere.• The blinds were drawn to darken our downstairs room where the coffinrested on the table in front of the range.• The street was deserted with blinds and curtains drawn.
➡ see also shadeADJECTIVE | VERB + BLIND | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤window百葉窗▸➤roller, venetian捲簾;軟百葉簾VERB + BLIND➤open, pull up, raise打開/捲起/拉起百葉窗▸➤close, draw, lower, pull down, shut (especially NAmE) 關上/拉上/放低/拉下/合上遮簾PREPOSITION➤through a/the blind透過窗簾◇She saw a figure through the blinds.她透過窗簾看到一個身影。blind
verb
ADVERB➤almost, nearly幾乎使眼盲;近乎使失明◇The strong light almost blinded him.強光照得他幾乎什麼都看不見了。➤momentarily, temporarily暫時失明➤completely完全失明blind
adjective¹
1unable to see失明VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be, be born失明;天生失明▸➤be registered (as)做了失明登記▸➤go喪失視力◇She went blind at the age of ten.她 10 歲的時候失明了。➤make sb使某人失明ADVERB➤completely, totally完全失明▸➤almost, nearly, virtually幾乎/差不多/實際上失明▸➤partially半盲➤temporarily暫時失明➤legally (NAmE) 法律意義上的失明PHRASES➤as blind as a bat視力很差▸➤be blind in one eye一隻眼睛失明◇He is almost blind in one eye.他的一隻眼幾乎瞎了。blind
adjective²
2blind to sthnot willing to notice/admit sth無視;不願承認VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, seem沒有察覺;好像看不見▸➤become變得認識不到▸➤make sb使某人無視⋯ADVERB➤completely, totally完全意識不到⋯◇His own problems have made him completely blind to the sufferings of others.他自己的煩惱使他完全看不見別人的痛苦。➤wilfully/willfully故意無視◇Is the public wilfully / willfully blind to what is going on?難道公眾對所發生的事情有意視而不見嗎?