blindside
verb🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪd/
🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪd/
(North American English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blindside | 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪd/ 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪd/ |
| he / she / it blindsides | 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪdz/ 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪdz/ |
| past simple blindsided | 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪdɪd/ 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪdɪd/ |
| past participle blindsided | 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪdɪd/ 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form blindsiding | 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪdɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈblaɪndsaɪdɪŋ/ |
- blindside somebody
to attack somebody from the direction where they cannot see you coming 攻其不备；出其不意地袭击 - [usually passive]
to give somebody an unpleasant surprise 使遭受意外的打击 - be blindsided (by something)
Just when it seemed life was going well, she was blindsided by a devastating illness. 正当生活似乎一帆风顺的时候，她突然得了一场重病。 🔊🔊
- be blindsided (by something)