Word · Frequency #11335
blindness
失明；盲
the state of being blind or lacking sight
指视觉丧失的状态，不是比喻意义上的盲目
- 1.
The condition of being blind; unable to see.
失明的状态；无法看见。
- 2.
the state of being blind or lacking sight
失明或缺乏视力的状态
- 3.
Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.
缺乏智力或道德辨别力；心智黑暗；无知、疏忽。
失明的状态；无法看见。；失明或缺乏视力的状态；缺乏智力或道德辨别力；心智黑暗；无知、疏忽。；盲目；失明
In use
His blindness did not stop him from becoming a skilled musician.
The disease can cause permanent blindness if it is not treated early.
She studied the history of blindness and the inventions that help blind people.
blindness in [body part]
The infection caused blindness in her right eye.
感染导致她右眼失明。
cause/lead to blindness
Untreated glaucoma can cause blindness.
未经治疗的青光眼可导致失明。
suffer from blindness
Connections
Collocations
- total blindness
- 完全失明
- The injury caused total blindness in his right eye.那次受伤导致他的右眼完全失明。
- color blindness
- 色盲
- Color blindness is more common in men than in women.色盲在男性中比在女性中更常见。
- night blindness
- 夜盲症
- A lack of vitamin A can lead to night blindness.缺乏维生素A会导致夜盲症。
- snow blindness
- 雪盲症
- Wearing sunglasses in the snow can prevent snow blindness.在雪地里戴太阳镜可以预防雪盲症。
- temporary blindness
- 暂时性失明
- The bright flash left him with temporary blindness.强烈的闪光使他暂时失明。
- legal blindness
Learner notes
Memory Tip
blind（盲的）加上名词后缀-ness，变成失明状态；想象眼前一片漆黑，什么都看不见。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical or clinical discussion、everyday description of vision loss、figurative or formal writing about ignorance blindness 的基本义“失明”在医疗和日常表述中都很自然，语气中性；比喻义“盲目、愚昧”多用于书面或正式场合，如 blindness to something。总体来说，选择哪种语气取决于是否用于比喻，而不是词本身带有明显的口语或正式标记。
Pronunciation & Spelling
kindness /ˈkaɪndnəs/ 与 blindness 押韵；goodness 拼写同为 -dness 但重读元音不同，darkness、brightness 也含 -ness 但不押韵。
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