| 单词 | nearsighted |
| 释义 | nearsighted (once / 24779 pages) adj If you're nearsighted, you can't read distant signs or maybe even distinguish between different people from far away. Nearsighted people need to wear glasses, especially when they're driving. When someone is "farsighted," they see far-off objects well, but have trouble with close-up things like the print in a book or newspaper. In contrast, being nearsighted means you can read a magazine with no problem, but you need contacts or glasses in order to bring distant objects into focus. A more formal word for nearsighted is myopic. WORD FAMILYnearsighted: nearsightedly, nearsightedness USAGE EXAMPLESEritrean officials regard the U.S.’s reasoning as nearsighted. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016) Mr. Cornwell tried to join the military but was rejected for being nearsighted. Wall Street Journal(Dec 02, 2016) W.E. squinched his little nearsighted eyes together, wrinkled up his stubby nose, drew his arm way back, and pitched the airplane with all his might. Katherine Paterson, The Great Gilly Hopkins(1978) adj unable to see distant objects clearly Syn|Ant myopic, shortsighted farsighted, presbyopic able to see distant objects clearly eagle-eyed, farseeing, keen-sighted, longsightedcapable of seeing to a great distance hypermetropic, hyperopicabnormal ability to focus of distant objects telescopiccapable of discerning distant objects |
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