Word · Frequency #22739
benighted
愚昧无知的；未开化的
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; unenlightened.
用于指人或时代缺乏知识与启蒙。
- 1.
Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous.
缺乏教育或知识；愚昧的；也指不道德的、肆无忌惮的。
被夜幕笼罩的；天黑时仍在赶路的；缺乏教育或知识；愚昧的；也指不道德的、肆无忌惮的。；赶路到天黑的；陷入黑暗的；愚昧的
In use
It seems benighted to ignore the evidence for climate change.
Parents with benighted beliefs may deny their children proper education.
The manager's benighted decision to ban all digital tools slowed the whole team down.
benighted + noun
benighted 作定语，多指“愚昧的、未开化的”，含贬义。
They live in a benighted region with little education.
他们住在一个缺乏教育的蒙昧地区。
be benighted
be benighted 表示“天黑时仍在赶路、被夜幕笼罩”，系字面义。
The hikers were benighted and had to spend the night in a cave.
徒步旅行者天黑前没赶到目的地，不得不在山洞里过夜。
Common mistakes
They benighted in the forest.They were benighted in the forest.
benighted 是形容词，不是动词；表示“被夜幕笼罩/天黑被困”时需要用系表结构 be + benighted。
She is benighted about the new rules.She is ignorant about the new rules.
benighted 指“愚昧无知、未开化”，常形容整个人缺乏文明或启蒙；对具体事情不了解应用 ignorant。
Connections
Collocations
- benighted traveler
- 天黑仍在赶路的旅人
- The benighted traveler was grateful to see the inn's lights in the distance.这位天黑仍在赶路的旅人看到远处客栈的灯光时，十分感激。
- benighted age
- 愚昧的时代
- In that benighted age, people believed that disease was caused by evil spirits.在那个愚昧的时代，人们相信疾病是由邪灵引起的。
- benighted people
- 愚昧无知的人
- The novel criticizes the colonizers' view of the natives as benighted people.这部小说批评了殖民者把当地土著视为愚昧无知之人的观点。
- benighted state
- 愚昧状态
- Education is the only way to lift a nation from its benighted state.教育是把一个国家从愚昧状态中提升出来的唯一途径。
- benighted land
- 蒙昧之地
- They set out to bring civilization to what they called a benighted land.他们着手去给他们所谓的蒙昧之地带去文明。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：benighted可拆为be+night+ed，陷入黑夜——天黑赶路，也指愚昧无知。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary texts、formal or critical writing 该词通常用于正式或文学语境，多指‘愚昧无知、未开化’，常带批评或讽刺语气；而‘天黑仍在赶路’的字面义比较少见，多见于古典或诗歌文本。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 benighted 真正押韵：united、invited、excited、lighted、sighted、blighted，重读音节均为 /aɪtɪd/。注意拼写相似的 enlightened（/ɪnˈlaɪtənd/）和 benign（/bɪˈnaɪn/）并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.