单词 | blindly |
释义 | blindly (blaɪndli ) 1. adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective] If you say that someone does something blindly, you mean that they do it without having enough information, or without thinking about it. [disapproval] Don't just blindly follow what the banker says. Without adequate information, many students choose a college almost blindly. ...the cricket team and its blindly optimistic supporters. Synonyms: thoughtlessly, carelessly, recklessly, indiscriminately 2. See also blind Collocations: blindly loyal As he trudged from the pitch, applauded by his own, blindly loyal fans, he will have chided himself that he knew that. Times, Sunday Times The 76-year-old described himself as a traditionalist who, until recently, was 'blindly loyal' to the old utility monopolies. Times, Sunday Times Consumers are also becoming less blindly loyal to brands than they once were, which should also benefit the company in the long term. Times, Sunday Times You turn up at an airport and one of the kit men takes your passport and takes all your bags off you, you just follow blindly. The Sun They seem to be a flock of sheep who follow blindly. Times, Sunday Times Beware of popular leaders of the moment, being careful not to follow blindly, but to think and act in the interest of the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, these 'grooves' in our thinking etched by past experience cannot be followed blindly, in medical matters or business. Times, Sunday Times Customers followed blindly because they could. Times, Sunday Times He doesn't mention a point he made repeatedly in his later histories about how soldiers were treated like pack animals stumbling blindly forward. The Times Literary Supplement We followed in single file, stumbling blindly across boggy fields and mud tracks as we struggled to keep sight of the smuggler's white trainers. Times, Sunday Times They scream and collectively flee from the room, many stumbling blindly with their hands held over their eyes toward the walls in search of an exit. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Without it, they can walk blindly into a relationship with a man with a secret history of brutality. The Sun However, while your powerful instincts will alert you to risky situations, others will walk blindly into them. Times, Sunday Times It will certainly turn them into exhausted, regimented automatons, so used to taking instruction that they would walk blindly off a cliff if their ballet teacher told them to. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 盲目地 Japanese: よく考えずに |
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