| 单词 | benight |
| 释义 | benight (once / 3899 pages) v WORD FAMILY benight: benighted, benighting, benights+/benighted: benightedly USAGE EXAMPLESMuch of the improvement, however, is tied to the rise in commodity prices, which is relieving pressure on benighted coal and steel producers. Wall Street Journal(Nov 28, 2016) A rightward tilt isn’t essential to make it on the guest list, which often includes members of the benighted “liberal media.” Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) It is that it implies an uncomfortable theory of false consciousness among the benighted ordinary folk who vote for rightwing causes and politicians. The Guardian(Nov 13, 2016) 1v overtake with darkness or night Hyper overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli 2v make darker and difficult to perceive by sight Syn|Hyper bedim darken make dark or darker 3v envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness The benighted peoples of this area Hyper enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering |
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