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blinkered

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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blink·ered /ˈblɪŋkəd $ -ərd/ adjective  1 PREJUDICEDhaving a limited view of a subject, or refusing to accept or consider different ideas 狭隘的,有偏见的;保守的 SYN narrow-mindeda blinkered attitude/approach a blinkered attitude to other cultures 对其他文化采取的偏狭态度2. DSHa horse that is blinkered is wearing blinkers 〔马〕戴眼罩的
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blinkeredWe should not be quite so narrow-minded, blinkered and xenophobic about the rest of the world.Width often leads to superficiality and depth may produce a blinkered approach and an intellectual treadmill.This occurs not so much because the engineers are callous, but because of a blinkered approach by all parties.Humanity had begun to chart the universe and impose its own blinkered logic upon it.a brilliant but blinkered scientistBut not, as the blinkered writer of that article implied, necessarily her own independent choice.a blinkered attitude/approachThis occurs not so much because the engineers are callous, but because of a blinkered approach by all parties.Width often leads to superficiality and depth may produce a blinkered approach and an intellectual treadmill.
blink·ered adjectiveChineseSyllable
a Corpus a having of view subject, limited


blinkered
blinkered /ˈblɪŋkəd $ -ərd/ adjective
1. having a limited view of a subject, or refusing to accept or consider different ideas
   SYN  narrow-minded
    a blinkered attitude/approach
    a blinkered attitude to other cultures
2. a horse that is blinkered is wearing blinkers


blink·eredBrE /ˈblɪŋkəd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈblɪŋkərd/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) not aware of every aspect of a situation; not willing to accept different ideas about sth 目光狭窄的;心胸隘窄的 SYN narrow-minded a blinkered policy/attitude/approach 褊狭的政策/态度/方法


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