blindly

B2 大学 FREQ #14581

adv. 轻率地, 盲目地

发音

US /ˈblaɪndli/

词形变化

more blindly 比较级 most blindly 最高级

教材释义与例句

副词

盲目地；轻率地；摸索地

释义与例句

adv. B2
  1. 1.

    In a blind manner; without sight.

    I stumbled blindly through the forest, branches whipping at my face.

  2. 2.

    Without consideration or question.

    1940 March 19, Albert Einstein, letter to Morris Raphael Cohen The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.

相关短语

color-blindly

词源

From Middle English blindly, blyndly, from Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), equivalent to blind + -ly. Cognate with Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”). Compare also West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), German blindlings (“blindly”).

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