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失明

shī míng

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • to lose one's eyesight
  • to become blind
  • blindness

Definition

失去视力;看不见。

Loss of vision; blindness.

Usage

常用于描述眼睛因疾病、事故或衰老而失去视觉能力的状态。

Commonly used to describe the state of losing visual ability due to disease, accident, or aging.

Examples

  • 1 他因一次事故而失明了。 (He became blind due to an accident.)
  • 2 老年性失明在发达国家较为常见。 (Senile blindness is more common in developed countries.)
  • 3 这只狗虽然失明,但依然生活得很开心。 (Although this dog is blind, it still lives happily.)
  • 4 失明并不能阻止他追求音乐的梦想。 (Blindness cannot stop him from pursuing his musical dreams.)
  • 5 医生竭尽全力挽救他的视力,但最终还是失明了。 (The doctor tried his best to save his vision, but he eventually went blind.)

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