(1) 聋的(unable to hear either completely or to some extent)：be～in/of one ear 一只耳朵聋;go～耳聋;be born～(be～since birth) 生来耳聋;a～old man 耳聋的老人;D～people (The～) find social life difficult. 聋人感到社会交往很困难。

(2) 不愿听的，充耳不闻的，装聋的(unwilling to listen to or pay attention to) [A(to)][作pred]：be/remain～to sb's advice/sb's requests/sb's entreaties/sb's appeals/sb's protests/sb's arguments/sb's complaints/sb's prayers 对某人的建议/要求/恳求/呼吁/抗议/辩白/抱怨/祈祷充耳不闻(置之不理);

turn a deaf ear to 对……充耳不闻(置之不理)：He turned a～ear to my excuse. 他对我的辩解充耳不闻。

fall on deaf ears 不被理睬：Appeals to higher authorities fell on～ears. 向上级当局的申诉没有被理睬。

→′deafness n 耳聋;′deafen vt 使耳聋;′deafening adj 震耳欲聋的;′deafeningly adv 震耳欲聋地;′deaf-aid n 助听器;͵deaf-and-′dumb adj 聋哑的;͵deaf-′mute adj 聋哑的;n 聋哑人;

【用法】过去分词deafened也表示“聋的”，但仅用于有明显原因时，否则用形容词deaf。