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tunnel vision

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌtunnel ˈvision noun [uncountable]  1 ATTENTIONthe tendency to only think about one part of something such as a problem or plan, instead of considering all the parts of it 狭隘的眼光,一孔之见,井蛙之见 I’ve got tunnel vision when it comes to what I want to do. 说到我的打算,我的目光很短浅。2. MIa condition in which someone’s eyes are damaged so that they can only see things that are straight ahead 管状视〔视力受损而只能直视前方的物体〕
Examples from the Corpus
tunnel visionI had three children, a home to run ... and tunnel vision as far as the Spencers were concerned.Calipari certainly has tunnel vision where profits are concerned.He has tunnel vision when he is doing well.And many, surely, that our human tunnel vision is unable to perceive.But such thinking can produce temporal tunnel vision.Such proposals are typical of the tunnel vision that has characterized most of our economic models.Each group has its insular concerns and each is locked within the tunnel vision of its own experience and tangible self-interest.
ˌtunnel ˈvision nounChineseSyllable
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tunnel vision
ˌtunnel ˈvision noun [uncountable]
1. the tendency to only think about one part of something such as a problem or plan, instead of considering all the parts of it:
    I’ve got tunnel vision when it comes to what I want to do.
2. a condition in which someone’s eyes are damaged so that they can only see things that are straight ahead


tunnel visionBrE /ˌtʌnl ˈvɪʒn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtʌnl ˈvɪʒn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (medical 医学) a condition in which sb cannot see things that are not straight ahead of them 视野收缩,视野狭窄(只能看正前方的人或物)(disapproving) an inability to see or understand all the aspects of a situation, an argument, etc. instead of just one part of it 一孔之见;井蛙之见