benighted
benighted 英 [bɪˈnaɪtɪd] 美 [bɪˈnaɪtɪd]
adj. 愚昧的；赶路到天黑的 v. 使处于夜色包围之中；使愚昧无知（benight的过去分词）
- Being called benighted is much like being called naive. It means lacking in knowledge or understanding—the kind you might have if you were older or more sophisticated.
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- adj. 愚昧的；赶路到天黑的
- v. 使处于夜色包围之中；使愚昧无知（benight的过去分词）
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1. And, as I have written in relation to our benighted economy, the growth that might ease the problem will only be depressed by higher taxes.
而且，正如我在谈论我们自己这个愚昧无知的经济体时所说，唯一可以减轻这个麻烦的经济增长因素会被高税收抑制。
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2. British cars like the Allegro and the Morris Marina, once memorably described as a skip on wheels, have come to embody the national humiliation of that benighted era.
像阿莱格罗和莫里斯玛丽娜那样的英国汽车，在人们的记忆中一度被称之为车轮上的跳板，现在成为了那个愚昧时代国耻的象征。
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3. It was an attractive hope that the high technology of our society might be wrested from the grip of benighted forces and used to restore us to an idyllic natural state.
人类社会的高科技可能将我们自愚昧势力的控制之中拯救出来，并重建一个田园诗般的自然状态，这曾是一个有吸引力的愿景。
- benighted (adj.) 1570s, "overtaken by darkness," past-participle adjective from obsolete verb benight (q.v.). Little used in the literal sense, usually it means "in intellectual or moral darkness" (1630s).
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