benightedness

英[bɪ'naɪtɪd] 美[bɪ'naɪtɪd]
  • adj.陷入黑暗的;愚昧的动词benight的过去式和过去分词形式.
Adjective:
  1. overtaken by night or darkness;

    "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"

  2. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture;

    "this benighted country"
    "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"
    "the dark ages"
    "a dark age in the history of education"

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. I'm a savage in a benighted age, alone and helpless in a land with no culture.
      我犹如黑暗世纪的野蛮人,孤单无助,活在一片没有文化的土地上。
    2. The benighted Chechens were not the only victims of the amorality.
      愚昧无知的车臣人并非是唯一的是非不分的牺牲者。

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