verb🔗Share夜に追いつかれる, 暗くなる(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached."The hikers were benighted on the mountain, forced to spend the night without shelter when darkness fell unexpectedly quickly. "ハイカーたちは山で夜に追いつかれ、暗闇が予想外に早く訪れたため、避難所なしで夜を過ごすことを余儀なくされた。timenatureweatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share暗くする, 覆うTo darken; to shroud or obscure."The heavy rain benighted the schoolyard, obscuring the basketball hoop. "激しい雨が校庭を暗くし、バスケットボールのゴールを覆い隠した。abstractconditionqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share暗くする、無知にするTo plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness."The constant stream of misinformation online can benight even the most educated person, making it difficult to discern truth from falsehood. "オンライン上の絶え間ない誤った情報の流れは、最も教育を受けた人さえも暗くし、真実と虚偽を見分けるのを困難にする可能性があります。moralmindphilosophysoultheologyreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share夜に追いつかれた, 日が暮れたOvertaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination."The hikers, benighted by the sudden fog and early darkness, struggled to find their way back to the trailhead. "突然の霧と早い暗闇に追いつかれたハイカーたちは、トレイルヘッドに戻る道を見つけようと苦労した。timenatureweatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share暗い, 暗黒に包まれたPlunged into darkness."The power outage left the entire neighborhood benighted, plunging the streets into darkness. "停電により近所全体が暗くなり、通りは暗黒に包まれました。mindliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share無知な, 無学な; 不道徳な, 不正なLacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous."The benighted villagers, isolated from the outside world, still believed in ancient superstitions. "外界から隔絶された無知な村人たちは、今もなお古代の迷信を信じていた。mindmoralphilosophycharacterattitudeeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share理解しにくい, 難解なDifficult to understand; abstruse, obscure."The professor's lecture on quantum physics was so benighted that few students understood a single concept. "教授の量子物理学の講義は非常に難解で、少数の学生しか1つの概念も理解できなかった。mindcharacterattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
