insularity
UK/.insju'læriti/US
GREC1
释义
n.
The quality of being narrow-minded and closed off from outside ideas or influences
狭隘性;故步自封;与外界隔绝的状态
词根拆分
词根派生insular(狭隘的、岛屿般的)+ -ity(状态/性质)= 狭隘封闭的状态。指目光向内、与外界隔绝的心态的名词。
词根 insul 还连着 7 个词例句
- 1.
The country's long insularity made it slow to adopt foreign ideas.
这个国家长期的封闭使它接受外来思想的速度很慢。
- 2.
She criticized the insularity of academic circles that ignore the public.
她批评了学术圈无视大众的狭隘风气。