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sighted [ˈsaıtıd] ADJ [常用以构成合成词]

short-sighted ADJ

1. short-sighted:

longhand [ˈlɒŋhænd] N

longitude [ˈlɒndʒıtjuːd] N

alongside [əˈlɒŋˌsaıd] PREP ADV

hindsight [ˈhaındsaıt] N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
But long-serving doesn't automatically equal long-sighted.
www.odt.co.nz
I think more clubs need to have that long-sighted view.
extratime.ie
For those firms that enter the re-souring stage with long-sighted determination the possibility of reinvention beckons.
www.brw.com.au
He generally made only brief cameo appearances, walking into a scene and commenting on his long-sighted misinterpretation of the action, and then walking off again.
en.wikipedia.org
Even naturally short- or long-sighted people develop presbyopia.
www.dailymail.co.uk
He is deaf and extremely long-sighted.
www.mirror.co.uk
Rush says we need to be long-sighted about obesity.
www.stuff.co.nz
We could also offer laser surgery to give blended vision, leaving one eye slightly short-sighted and one slightly long-sighted; the brain then adjusts the images to help us see normally.
www.dailymail.co.uk
It can be used for people who are also short-sighted (myopia) or long-sighted (hyperopia) and who also may have astigmatism.
en.wikipedia.org
I'm now long-sighted, but my two eyes are quite different, and even different shapes it seems, so off-the-peg specs are no good.
www.telegraph.co.uk

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