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blind spot

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Motor vehicles, Roads, Human
ˈblind spot noun [countable]  1 UNDERSTANDsomething that you are unable or unwilling to understand 不理解的事物;无知 I have a blind spot where computers are concerned. 我对电脑一窍不通。2. TTCTTRthe part of the road that you cannot see when you are driving a car 〔驾驶者的〕视线盲区3. HBHthe point in your eye where the nerve enters, which is not sensitive to light 盲点〔眼神经无光感处〕
Examples from the Corpus
blind spotIt is as though the panel has developed a blind spot which does not admit the possibility that the newcomer might win.The trouble was, Tweed was thinking, Paula had a blind spot where Dalby was concerned.Critics accuse him of having a blind spot on issues of ethics.Our persistent cultural blind spot on the effects of such exclusion is now proving to be very problematic.He knew if some one was standing in the blind spot directly behind him, he was in trouble.It was the blind spot of the internationalist Left.
ˈblind spot nounChineseSyllable
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blind spot
ˈblind spot noun [countable]
1. something that you are unable or unwilling to understand:
    I have a blind spot where computers are concerned.
2. the part of the road that you cannot see when you are driving a car
3. the point in your eye where the nerve enters, which is not sensitive to light


blind spotBrE /ˈblaɪnd spɒt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblaɪnd spɑːt/ 🔊 nounan area that sb cannot see, especially an area of the road when they are driving a car 视线盲区(尤指车辆驾驶员看不见的路段)if sb has a blind spot about sth, they ignore it or they are unwilling or unable to understand it 无视;没有认识the part of the retina in the eye that is not sensitive to light (视网膜的)盲点an area where a radio signal cannot be received (无线电)盲区,静区