in a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance, typically owing to a lack of opportunity
(尤指无机会而变得)愚昧的,无知的,不明是非的
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they saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples .他们把自己看做是给穷苦愚昧的民族带来文化的人。
overtaken by darkness
夜色笼罩的,黑暗的
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a storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit .刮起了风暴,我们被迫在黑暗中于离山顶不远的地方等待。
"late 16th cent. (in sense 2): past participle of archaic