英语词汇“to turn a blind eye”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

t. to turn a (also †the) blind eye: to refuse to take any notice of a situation, state of affairs, etc.; (more recently also) to pretend not to notice. Frequently with to, on. In early use often in conjunction with to turn a deaf ear: see deaf adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)]

overhipa1325

to hide one's facea1382

to look aside1530

to look beside ——1533

not to hear on that side1548

to look through the fingers1549

to pull away the shoulder1560

connive1602

to turn a (also the) blind eye1698

to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand1844

Nelson eye1893

not to want to know1948

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 223 To turn the deaf Ear, and the blind Eye to all those Pomps and Vanities of the World which we renounc'd at our Baptism.

1710 T. Baylye Glympse Paradise 11 Men turn the deaf Ear, the blind Eye, and obdurate Heart.

1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets I. xxiii. 172 Few are those who have not been under a necessity of turning the apparently deaf ear, and the blind eye, on our own conduct, or on that of our neighbours.

1823 M. Wilmot Let. 1 Oct. (1935) 197 I turn a blind eye and a deaf ear every now and then, and we get on marvellously well.

1891 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 792 It is not a brave thing—quite the contrary—in any man to turn a blind eye to the instinctive perceptions of his own intelligence.

1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 290 The Tibetans appear to turn a blind eye to the wholesale slaughter involved in the collection..of over 10,000 specimens by our ardent Natural Historian.

1927 G. K. Chesterton Coll. Poems 108 Nelson turned his blindest eye On Naples and on liberty.

1963 Times 7 Mar. 16/6 The police turn a blind eye to this problem because they are only too glad to get lorries from parking on the main roads.

2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. vi. 79 Marks would evidently turn a blind eye to the sack of swag. Or anything else where he could work an angle.

单词	to turn a blind eye
释义	> as lemmas to turn a (also †the) blind eye t. to turn a (also †the) blind eye: to refuse to take any notice of a situation, state of affairs, etc.; (more recently also) to pretend not to notice. Frequently with to, on. In early use often in conjunction with to turn a deaf ear: see deaf adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)] overhipa1325 to hide one's facea1382 to look aside1530 to look beside ——1533 not to hear on that side1548 to look through the fingers1549 to pull away the shoulder1560 connive1602 to turn a (also the) blind eye1698 to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand1844 Nelson eye1893 not to want to know1948 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 223 To turn the deaf Ear, and the blind Eye to all those Pomps and Vanities of the World which we renounc'd at our Baptism. 1710 T. Baylye Glympse Paradise 11 Men turn the deaf Ear, the blind Eye, and obdurate Heart. 1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets I. xxiii. 172 Few are those who have not been under a necessity of turning the apparently deaf ear, and the blind eye, on our own conduct, or on that of our neighbours. 1823 M. Wilmot Let. 1 Oct. (1935) 197 I turn a blind eye and a deaf ear every now and then, and we get on marvellously well. 1891 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 792 It is not a brave thing—quite the contrary—in any man to turn a blind eye to the instinctive perceptions of his own intelligence. 1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 290 The Tibetans appear to turn a blind eye to the wholesale slaughter involved in the collection..of over 10,000 specimens by our ardent Natural Historian. 1927 G. K. Chesterton Coll. Poems 108 Nelson turned his blindest eye On Naples and on liberty. 1963 Times 7 Mar. 16/6 The police turn a blind eye to this problem because they are only too glad to get lorries from parking on the main roads. 2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. vi. 79 Marks would evidently turn a blind eye to the sack of swag. Or anything else where he could work an angle. extracted from eyen.¹ < as lemmas
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