insular

英 [ˈɪnsjələ(r)]

美 [ˈɪnsələr]

adj.  只关心本国利益的; 思想褊狭的; 保守的; 海岛的; 岛屿的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 只关心本国利益的；思想褊狭的；保守的
  only interested in your own country, ideas, etc. and not in those from outside
  1. The British are often accused of being insular.
     英国人常被指责为思想褊狭。
• 海岛的；岛屿的
  connected with an island or islands
  1. the coastal and insular areas
     沿海和岛屿区域

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 孤立的;保守的;思想狭隘的
  If you say that someone isinsular, you are being critical of them because they are unwilling to meet new people or to consider new ideas.
  1. ...the old image of the insular, xenophobic Brit.
     孤立保守而又恐外的英国人的旧有形象

英英释义

adj

• narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
  1. little sympathy with parochial mentality
  2. insular attitudes toward foreigners
  Synonym:parochial
• suggestive of the isolated life of an island
  1. an exceedingly insular ma
• relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
  1. insular territories
  2. Hawaii's insular culture

双语例句

• Japan is an insular country, not blessed with many resources.
  日本是一个岛国，没有很多自然资源。
• Conclusion Insular is an area that causes epilepsy symptom.
  结论岛叶是一个癫痫症状发作区；
• But China's insular financial system has also kept it underdeveloped.
  但是，中国金融系统的封闭性也导致它不够发达。
• I set up Explore because I was worrying about Nike innovation becoming too insular, he says, describing the group as pursuing deep space innovation possibilities with academics, inventors and other companies.
  他表示：之所以设立Explore小组，是因为我担心耐克的创新正变得过于与世隔绝。他称这个小组正与学者、发明家和其它公司一道追求深度空间创新的可能性。
• Great Britain is a natural island: Hungary today, under its present populist majority, is insular in its open xenophobia, in total contrast with a confident Poland that dares to recognise Germany as the "indispensable nation" of Europe.
  大不列颠是个天然的岛屿：匈牙利如今在民粹主义多数派的支配下，抱着偏狭的心态，公然仇外，与充满自信的波兰形成了鲜明对比后者敢于承认德国是欧洲“不可或缺的国家”。
• The two dead women lived insular lives.
  这两位死者过着孤立的生活。
• Later this was taken by some critics to be a typical NASA reaction& insular, furtive, overcontrolling.
  后来这些举措被批为典型的NASA反应&偏狭封闭、鬼祟、过分控制。
• First, the smaller and more insular the community, the more the people within it become similar.
  首先，社区规模越小、越封闭的，社区内的人就越会趋同。
• The genesis and development of Insular Epilepsy are different from Amygdale Epilepsy and it shows antagonism to kindling.
  岛叶癫痫的发生、发展与杏仁核点燃存在差异；同时点燃表现为点燃的拮抗作用。
• The blame game is, however, rather disingenuous, since the insular, casino-like Shanghai and Shenzhen markets have so far exhibited hardly any correlation with either the mature or emerging markets outside china.
  这种指责了无真意是游戏一场上海和深圳市场既孤立又像赌场迄今为止根本没有展示出与中国境外成熟或新兴市场的任何关联。