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单词 myopia
释义
myopia
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n

Myopia is nearsightedness, which means you see things more clearly that are closer to your eye.
You probably suffer from myopia if you walk into the living room and notice the chair in front of you but not the chair ten feet away. If you have myopia, things farther away look out of focus. Also, this can mean narrow-mindedness and intolerance. Due to the first kind of myopia, someone might always hold the menu two centimeters from their eyeballs at restaurants. Due to the second kind, someone might avoid people with different opinions from their own.
WORD FAMILY
myopia: myopias+/myopic: myopia, myopically
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Those in the highest one-third in years of education had more than double the risk of myopia compared to those in the lowest one-third.
New York Times(Dec 01, 2016)
The online discourse that followed reflected no appreciation for that historical victory — only a sense of violation and injury caused by myopia and fear.
New York Times(Nov 04, 2016)
When kids get glasses, it is often because they can’t see things far away and they suffer from myopia, or nearsightedness.
Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016)
n (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
Syn|Ant|Hyper
nearsightedness, shortsightedness
farsightedness, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, hyperopia, longsightedness
abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
ametropia
(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia
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