核心畫面

Picture someone moving with their eyes shut. Their feet keep going, but nothing in front of them is getting in. Both meanings of blindly stand on that one picture. They differ only in what is shut: real eyes, in the dark or too upset to take anything in, or the mind, going along with something without ever looking at it.

可以想成一個人閉著眼睛往前走。腳沒有停,但眼前的東西一樣都沒收進去。blindly 的兩個意思都站在這個畫面上。差別更多收起可以想成一個人閉著眼睛往前走。腳沒有停,但眼前的東西一樣都沒收進去。blindly 的兩個意思都站在這個畫面上。差別只在閉起來的是什麼。有時候是真的眼睛:天太黑,或心太亂,所以什麼都看不進去。有時候是腦袋:別人說什麼就照做,中間沒有停下來看一眼。

From the word’s history

Old English blindlīċe, from blind + -ly, literally 'in a blind manner'.

blindly 由 blind(看不見的)加上 -ly(用這種方式)組成,古英文寫作 blindlīċe,字面就是「以看不見的方式」。這個字面意思到今天還撐著它的兩個用法。

Wiktionary entry for 'blindly' (packet field etymology_text): From Middle English blindly, from Old English blindlīċe, equivalent to blind + -ly.

One branch

閉著眼睛往前

兩個意思共用同一個動作:人照樣前進,但沒有看。

r · B2

Doing something without being able to see, or without taking in what is around you — because it is dark, because your eyes are covered, or because you are too upset to notice anything.

看不見地;茫然地