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blankly

/blangk-lee/US // ˈblæŋk li //

茫然地,茫然,茫茫然地,茫然的

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : without expression or understanding: She stared blankly at her inquisitors.
    • : in every respect; totally; fully: He blankly denied ever saying such a thing.

Examples

  • He tried to pick her up, but My’onna, laying on her side and staring blankly ahead, couldn’t move.

  • He asked the group of six or seven children if they had any questions, but most looked at him blankly and in silence.

  • Mention the name Yeager to school children in the 1960s and they’d look back at you blankly.

  • The strongest, frankly dictatorial authority figure I have known would look at me blankly, unable to make even simple decisions.

  • Strong, young, crisply uniformed, he or she would shake, sigh, stare blankly, or cry, recounting variations of this statement.

  • He stares at us blankly, then pulls down his pants and begins peeing.

  • The Queen looked at him blankly, smiled and shrugged her shoulders politely as she turned and moved on.

  • “I can only imagine what you felt as you stared blankly at the officer who arrived without any answers to give,” she wrote.

  • The men gazed into each others' faces blankly; and then, as if by common impulse, the whole company rode forward.

  • He gave so violent a start, his face expressed so much of apprehension and dismay, that I stared at him blankly.

  • Then, in my anger I arose and went stamping up and down the room, while Tim sat there staring at me blankly.

  • He sat in the chair and blankly watched the two men who hung over the table and its flow of brilliant symbols.

  • Thyrsis stood rooted to the spot, staring blankly; and the deer stood staring at him.