purblind

英 ['pɜ:blaɪnd] 美 [ˈpəˌblaɪnd]
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  • adj. 半盲的;愚钝的;惺松眼的
  • vt. 使成半瞎
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英语词源

purblind (adj.)
c. 1300, pur blind "entirely blind," as a noun, "a blind person," later "partially blind, blind in one eye" (late 14c.), the main modern sense, from blind (adj.). The first element is sometimes explained as pure (adj.), or as the Anglo-French perfective prefix pur- (see pur-). Sense of "dull" first recorded 1530s.

权威例句

1. If an administrator has no access to information, it's as if he was purblind and hard of hearing and had a stuffed nose.
做管理工作的人没有信息, 就是鼻子不通,耳目不灵.
2. Ultimately, the most purblind of lenders come to their senses.
最终,最为迟钝的银行清醒过来。

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