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short-sighted [từ khác: myopic]
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But long-serving doesn't automatically equal long-sighted.
It may be used for people who are becoming more short or long-sighted or who have trouble focusing as they get older.
Even naturally short- or long-sighted people develop presbyopia.
Most people are born slightly long-sighted [where close objects appear blurred] because their eyes haven't grown to their full length.
He is deaf and extremely long-sighted.
Filling permanent roles with temporary staff is short-sighted and does nothing to address underlying skills shortages in the civil service, nor to develop its expertise.
The very notion that humans may be able to manage environments is criticised for being top-down, anthropocentric and short-sighted.
The people of the third world, on the other hand, have not even a short-sighted interest in the prevailing circumstances.
He climbed the tree and hid in it for a day while his obviously short-sighted pursuers strolled around under the tree looking for him.
He tends to be thoughtless and short-sighted about the future.
It shows a holistic and far-sighted approach in a very tough situation.
This calls for far-sighted planning and coordination of different departments.
This decision was a far-sighted one, and the present board officers, committee, supporters and players owe much to their counterparts of some 60 years ago.
It is surprising in hindsight he thought that way, for so sagacious, shrewd and far-sighted a man in other respects.
A comprehensive and far-sighted approach is urgently needed; otherwise the effort to push this great nation to even greater heights will come to naught.
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sight
Từ điển Collocation
sight noun
1 ability to see
ADJ. excellent, good, normal, perfect | defective, failing, poor, weak | long, short
VERB + SIGHT have She has very little sight in her left eye. | lose He's lost the sight of one eye. | save The surgeons battled to save her sight.
SIGHT + VERB deteriorate, fail, go I think my sight is beginning to go.
SIGHT + NOUN test | defects, problems
PHRASES the/your sense of sight
2 act/moment of seeing sth
VERB + SIGHT catch, get, have She suddenly caught sight of the look on her mother's face. We will soon get our first sight of the Statue of Liberty. | keep She kept sight of him in her mirror. | lose
PREP. at the ~ [of] Her knees went weak at the sight of him.
PHRASES at first sight He looked at first sight like an English tourist. | cannot stand/bear the sight of sth [= hate seeing sb/sth] I never could stand the sight of blood. | a clear sight of sth He didn't shoot until he had a clear sight of the goal. | know sb by sight [= to recognize sb without knowing them well], the mere/very sight of sb/sth The mere sight of her sitting there made his heart beat faster. | shoot [sb] on sight [= to shoot sb immediately you see them] Soldiers have been ordered to shoot looters on sight. | sick of the sight of sb/sth We've shared an office for too long and we're sick of the sight of each other.
3 position where sth can be seen
VERB + SIGHT come into Then the towers of the castle came into sight. | disappear from, vanish from She watched until the car disappeared from sight. | hide [sth] from, remove sth from I hid the papers from sight. | keep sth in Keep their car in sight for as long as you can.
PREP. in ~ [often figurative] The end is in sight [= will happen soon]. | out of ~ He kept out of sight behind a pillar. | within ~ of The cricket ground was situated within sight of both village pubs.
PHRASES come in sight of sb/sth At last we came in sight of a few houses. | in full sight of sb He tried to break into a car in full sight of a policeman. | in plain sight They waited until the enemy was in plain sight. | your line of sight She was now standing just out of his line of sight. | not let sb/sth out of your sight Whatever you do, don't let them out of your sight!
4 sth that you see
ADJ. common, regular | bizarre, rare, strange, unexpected, unfamiliar, unlikely, unusual | awe-inspiring, awesome, beautiful, breathtaking, fine, impressive, inspiring, magnificent, spectacular, splendid, unforgettable, wonderful | depressing, pathetic, pitiful, sad, sorry He really did look a sorry sight, his hair tangled and his clothing covered in feathers. | ghastly, gruesome, horrifying, terrible, terrifying
VERB + SIGHT look
PHRASES not a pretty sight I'm not a pretty sight when I get out of bed in the morning. | sights and sounds The sights and sounds of the city distracted her from her work.
5 sights: places of interest
ADJ. famous, historic
VERB + SIGHT see, take in, visit Let's get out of the hotel and see the sights.
6 sights: your aim/expectation
VERB + SIGHT have sb/sth in/within Rossi has the defending champion in her sights in tomorrow's race. | lower, raise After failing to get into university, he lowered his sights and got a job in a shop.
PHRASES set your sights on sth/have your sights set on sth She has her sights set on becoming a writer. | set your sights high/low He says he wants to win the trophy, but I think he's setting his sights too high.
Từ điển WordNet
- an instance of visual perception
the sight of his wife brought him back to reality
the train was an unexpected sight
- anything that is seen
he was a familiar sight on the television
they went to Paris to see the sights
- the ability to see; the visual faculty; vision, visual sense, visual modality
- a optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
- a range of mental vision
in his sight she could do no wrong
- the range of vision; ken
out of sight of land
- the act of looking or seeing or observing; view, survey
he tried to get a better view of it
his survey of the battlefield was limited
- [often followed by `of'] a large number or amount or extent;
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
it must have cost plenty
n.
- catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
v.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
sights|sighted|sighting
syn.: display look scene show spectacle view vision vista