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| 1 | unable to see . Some people prefer to use the expression visually impaired to talk about blind people 失明的，瞎的（有些人喜欢用visually impaired） |
| Her father is completely blind. 她的父亲双眼失明。 |
| Blind and sighted children should attend the same school. 失明的孩子和视力正常的孩子应该上相同的学校。 |
| go blind The disease made her go blind in one eye. 这种疾病使她一只眼睛失明。 |
| | 1a | people who cannot see 盲人 | |
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| 2 | not usually before noun unable to realize or admit the truth about something 无法识别的；视而不见的 |
| How can you be so blind – he’ s obviously lying? 你怎么会这样视而不见，他显然是在撒谎？ |
| +to The council is wilfully blind to the problems caused by the new regulations. 地方政务会对新法规引发的问题故意视而不见。 |
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| 3 | only before noun a blind emotion or belief is so strong that you do not question it in any way , even if it is unreasonable （感情或看法）盲目的，未加思考的 |
| Their opposition to the plan seemed to be driven by blind prejudice. 他们反对这个计划似乎是出于盲目的偏见。 |
| blind faith/obedience/loyalty etc blind loyalty to the leadership 对领导的盲目忠诚 |
| blind panic/rage/terror In a blind panic, I dropped the bag and ran. 在一阵莫名的惊慌中，我扔下包就跑了。 |
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| 4 | a blind corner is one where you cannot see what is coming towards you （拐角）看不见的，隐蔽的 |
| She overtook on a blind bend and crashed. 她在一个隐蔽的拐角处超车，结果撞车了。 |
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| - | a blind bit of BRITISH spoken
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| anyUsed for adding emphasis to a negative statement |
| 任何（用于强调否定句） |
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| They didn’ t take a blind bit of notice and just went on talking. 他们一点也没有注意，只是继续谈话。 |
| None of our protests did a blind bit of good. 我们的抗议一点帮助也没有。 |
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| - | the blind leading the blind
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| a situation in which the people who are giving advice or instructions do not know more than the people they are trying to help |
| 盲人教瞎子；外行指导外行 |
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| - | turn a blind eye (to sth)
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| to pretend you do not notice something , because you should do something about it but you do not want to |
| （对某事物）假装看不见；（对某事物）视而不见 |
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| We’ re not supposed to park here, but the authorities usually turn a blind eye. 我们不应该把车停在这里，但是行政管理部门通常睁一只眼闭一只眼。 |
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| blindness noun U |
| Meningitis can cause blindness. 脑膜炎会引起失明。 |
| This statement revealed a complete blindness to reality. 这个声明体现了对现实的完全漠视。 |
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