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- insular insufficient insufficiency
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ADJ-GRADED
孤立的;保守的;思想狭隘的 If you say that someone is insular, you are being critical of them because they are unwilling to meet new people or to consider new ideas.
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...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
insularity
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But at least they have started to break out of their old insularity.
但是他们至少已经开始打破过去孤立保守的心态。
- Adjective
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1. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island;
- "insular territories"
- "Hawaii's insular culture"
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2. suggestive of the isolated life of an island;
- "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
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3. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope;
- "little sympathy with parocial mentality"
- "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
- synonym: parochial
医学
- 1.岛的,胰岛的,脑岛的
- 1. A continental climate is different from an insular one.
- 大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Having lived in one place all his life, his views are insular.
- 他一辈子住在一个地方,所以思想狭隘。
来自《简明英汉词典》


