benighted 详细解释

benighted

[bi'naitid]

adj.陷入黑暗的, 愚昧的
动词benight的过去式和过去分词形式

词形变化

副词: benightedly | 名词: benightedness |

英英释义

动词 benight:

overtake with darkness or night

同义词:benight

envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness

同义词:benight

make difficult to perceive by sight

同义词:obscure, benight, bedim

形容词 benighted:

overtaken by night or darkness

同义词:nighted

lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

同义词:dark

补充

benightedbenighted英:[biˈnaitid] 美:[bɪˈnaɪtɪd]adj.1.无知的, 蒙昧的

例句

1. Famine hit that benighted country once more.饥荒再次席卷了那个不幸的国家。 2. they saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples.他们把自己看做是给穷苦愚昧的民族带来文化的人。 3. a storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit.刮起了风暴,我们被迫在黑暗中在离山顶不远的地方等待。 4. "These benighted [=ignorant, unenlightened] souls/people have so much to learn."这些愚昧无知的人有很多东西需要学习。 5. "a strange, benighted country"奇怪的且尚未开化的国家