unenlightened
UK/ʌnɪn'laɪt(ə)nd/US/.ʌnin'laitnd/
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Lacking knowledge, insight or awareness; ignorant
无知的；蒙昧的；未受启迪的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedun-not, reversal
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en-to put into, to cause
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-ento put into, to cause
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-edpast tense / completed
=unenlightened
un- (not) + enlightened = without the mental 'light' of knowledge; still in the dark.
Root light still carries 58 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.unenlightened view无知的观点
- 2.unenlightened attitude落后的态度
Example Sentences
- 1.
By today's standards, those old policies seem unenlightened.
- 2.
He held an unenlightened view of how the brain works.