benight
[bɪ'naɪt]
- 使陷入黑暗
- 使愚昧无知
- 使视线模糊
英英释义
- 1. overtake with darkness or night
- 2. envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness;
- "The benighted peoples of this area"
- 3. make difficult to perceive by sight;
- "The foliage of the huge tree obscures the view of the lake"
英文词源
- benight (v.)
- 1550s, "to be overtaken by darkness," from be- + night. Figurative sense (especially in past participle adjective benighted) of "to involve in moral or intellectual darkness" is from c. 1600.