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blind side

/blahynd-sahyd/US // ˈblaɪndˌsaɪd //

盲侧,盲区,盲点,盲道

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    blind·sid·ed, blind·sid·ing.

    • : Sports. to tackle, hit, or attack from the blind side: The quarterback was blindsided and had the ball knocked out of his hand.
    • : Informal. to attack critically where a person is vulnerable, uninformed, etc.: The president was blindsided by the press on the latest tax bill.

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Examples

  • About 1,200 faculty participated in the anonymous survey, and their responses revealed a culture in which professors say they are blindsided by major decisions.

  • “Honestly, it was a stab in the back,” said one Republican aide of the rebuke from Delta, which “blindsided” Kemp and lawmakers.

  • The task force was blindsided, according to people familiar with the views of its members.

  • Cuomo’s office has asked prominent state Democratic lawmakers not to blindside them with calls for resignation, a person familiar with the request said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.

  • James, sounding blindsided, called the NBA’s pursuit of an All-Star Game in Atlanta a “slap in the face” after previous plans for Indianapolis were scrapped.

  • Zachary Karabell says our complacency will blindside us, just as it did when Lehman Brothers collapsed.