英语词汇“to close one's eyes to”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

to close one's eyes to (something): to ignore, refuse to recognize or consider (esp. something improper or unpleasant); see also to shut one's eyes to (also against, on): see shut v. 4a.

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1594 tr. Present State Spaine sig. D2 O miserable and vnnaturall French men, who closing your eies to so many iniquities, do suffer your selues to bee seduced by this golde so ill gotten.

1670 W. Penn Great Case Liberty of Consc. (new ed.) Pref. 6 Those, who ought to think themselves oblieg'd to weigh these affairs with the greatest deliberation, will obstinately close their Eyes, to these last Remonstrances.

1795 W. Roscoe Life Lorenzo de' Medici I. Pref. p. v Such has been the admiration paid by the Italians to a few favorite authors, that they have almost closed their eyes to the various excellencies with which his works abound.

1817 E. Baines Hist. Wars French Revol. II. iv. xix. 237/1 Napoleon and his generals could no longer close their eyes to the disasters that were approaching.

1890 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 328 The engineers in charge neither discarded the Bessemer rails, nor did they close their eyes to its obvious defects.

1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist p. x Most of mankind..close their eyes to this possibility.

1961 Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times 8 Sept. 6/1 No matter what a public official thinks of the merits of this law or any other, it's his job to uphold the law, not to..close his eyes to statute-breakers.

2003 Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 37/3 The board knew they were betting the farm and closed their eyes to what they should have been doing to protect their position.

单词	to close one's eyes to
释义	> as lemmas to close one's eyes to to close one's eyes to (something): to ignore, refuse to recognize or consider (esp. something improper or unpleasant); see also to shut one's eyes to (also against, on): see shut v. 4a. ΚΠ 1594 tr. Present State Spaine sig. D2 O miserable and vnnaturall French men, who closing your eies to so many iniquities, do suffer your selues to bee seduced by this golde so ill gotten. 1670 W. Penn Great Case Liberty of Consc. (new ed.) Pref. 6 Those, who ought to think themselves oblieg'd to weigh these affairs with the greatest deliberation, will obstinately close their Eyes, to these last Remonstrances. 1795 W. Roscoe Life Lorenzo de' Medici I. Pref. p. v Such has been the admiration paid by the Italians to a few favorite authors, that they have almost closed their eyes to the various excellencies with which his works abound. 1817 E. Baines Hist. Wars French Revol. II. iv. xix. 237/1 Napoleon and his generals could no longer close their eyes to the disasters that were approaching. 1890 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 328 The engineers in charge neither discarded the Bessemer rails, nor did they close their eyes to its obvious defects. 1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist p. x Most of mankind..close their eyes to this possibility. 1961 Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times 8 Sept. 6/1 No matter what a public official thinks of the merits of this law or any other, it's his job to uphold the law, not to..close his eyes to statute-breakers. 2003 Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 37/3 The board knew they were betting the farm and closed their eyes to what they should have been doing to protect their position. extracted from closev. < as lemmas
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