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small-minded

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌsmall-ˈminded adjective  GENEROUSthinking too much about your own life and problems and not about important things – used to show disapproval 眼界小的,思想狭隘的〔含贬义〕 narrow-minded People around here are so small-minded. 这里的人思想很狭隘。small-mindedness noun [uncountable]
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small-mindedThe tone of the book is small-minded and intolerant.As chairman of housing in Lambeth in the early 1970s, he was every inch the small-minded functionary.I've told you this before, but you are a small-minded lot, really.Believe it or not, but there are actually a few small-minded people in the Kings organization who resented Gretzky.Well, small-minded politicos and big-moneyed utility interests made sure this sun-drenched region never fully developed its most sensible energy alternative.Grimes's misanthropy is a proper match for the Borough's small-minded respectability.
ˌsmall-ˈminded adjectiveChineseSyllable
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small-minded
ˌsmall-ˈminded adjective
thinking too much about your own life and problems and not about important things – used to show disapproval ⇨ narrow-minded:
    People around here are so small-minded.
—small-mindedness noun [uncountable]


small-mindedBrE /ˌsmɔːl ˈmaɪndɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsmɔːl ˈmaɪndɪd/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) having fixed opinions and ways of doing things and not willing to change them or consider other people's opinions or feelings; interested in small problems and details and not in things which are really important 狭隘的;固执己见的;心胸狭窄的;目光短浅的 SYN intolerant, petty small-minded·ness BrE /ˌsmɔːl ˈmaɪndɪdnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsmɔːl ˈmaɪndɪdnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]