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benightedness

benightedness是什么意思?

美[bɪ'naɪtɪd]  英[bɪ'naɪtɪd]
adj.  陷入黑暗的;愚昧的
sp.  动词benight的过去式和过去分词形式.
  副词:benightedly  名词:benightedness
  近义词:ignorant,unenlightened,unfortunate,disadvantaged,nighted,dark,

英英释义

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"

例句

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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