['blaɪndsaɪd]['blaɪndsaɪd]
  • vt. 攻击无防备的一侧;使不愉快地感到意外
    • verb(动词)
      1. 偷袭;出其不意地打击

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 偷袭;出其不意地打击

      The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.

      经济衰退出其不意地打击了那些先前想当然地认为自己应获得丰厚收入的律师们。

    小知识

    To blindside is to launch a surprise attack, especially one that comes from an obstructed or hidden place. Your video game army might blindside your friend's army, resulting in your victory.

    If you come up from behind your brother and shove him, you can say that you blindside him. There is also a more figurative way to blindside someone — simply to do or say something the person is utterly unprepared for. You could blindside your family, for example, by suddenly announcing that you're moving to China. The oldest use of blindside as a verb, around 1968, referred to a football tackle.