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narrow-minded

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌnarrow-ˈminded / $ ˈ.. ˌ../ adjective  PREJUDICEDunwilling to accept or understand new or different ideas, opinions, or customs 心胸狭窄的,气量小的;不开放的;有偏见的 SYN prejudiced OPP broadminded His attitude is narrow-minded and insensitive. 他的态度狭隘而冷漠。 narrow-minded nationalism 狭隘的民族主义narrow-mindedness noun [uncountable]
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narrow-mindedHe was too narrow-minded and prejudiced - and bigoted.They are as traditional, narrow-minded and uncreative in their approach to educational debate as the Government.We should not be quite so narrow-minded, blinkered and xenophobic about the rest of the world.Nobody except a hard-hearted, narrow-minded politician would laugh.Check any narrow-minded seriousness at the door with your urban trench coat and get ready for an absolute annihilation of bourgeois civility.They are producing throngs of narrow-minded specialists who may be wizards at making money, but who are unfinished as people.Of course they're going to find in Scripture the sexist views which conform to their own narrow-minded view of the world.
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narrow-minded
ˌnarrow-ˈminded / $ ˈ.. ˌ../ adjective
unwilling to accept or understand new or different ideas, opinions, or customs
   SYN  prejudiced
   OPP  broadminded:
    His attitude is narrow-minded and insensitive.
    narrow-minded nationalism
—narrow-mindedness noun [uncountable]


narrow-mindedBrE /ˌnærəʊ ˈmaɪndɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnæroʊ ˈmaɪndɪd/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) not willing to listen to new ideas or to the opinions of others 气量小的;小心眼的;狭隘的 SYN bigoted, intolerant a narrow-minded attitude狭隘的态度a narrow-minded nationalist狭隘的民族主义者 OPP broad-minded, open-minded narrow-minded·ness BrE /ˌnærəʊ ˈmaɪndɪdnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnæroʊ ˈmaɪndɪdnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]