insular

US [ˈɪnsjələr]
UK [ˈɪnsjʊlə(r)]
  • adj.只关心本国利益的；思想褊狭的；保守的；海岛的
  • Web孤立的；狭隘的；岛屿的

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insular
adj.
1.
只关心本国利益的；思想褊狭的；保守的only interested in your own country, ideas, etc. and not in those from outside
The British are often accused of being insular.
英国人常被指责为思想褊狭。
2.
海岛的；岛屿的connected with an island or islands
the coastal and insular areas
沿海和岛屿区域

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AllAll,只关心本国利益的只关心本国利益的,思想褊狭的思想褊狭的,保守的保守的,海岛的海岛的,孤立的孤立的,狭隘的狭隘的,岛屿的岛屿的
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1.
You seem to be taking a very textbook and insular view of what constitutes the environment -- unfortunately, this view is very outdated.
对于什么组成了环境，你似乎持有非常教条并且十分狭隘的观点——很不幸，这个观点非常过时。
duì yú shén me zǔ chéng le huán jìng , nǐ sì hū chí yǒu fēi cháng jiào tiáo bìng qiě shí fēn xiá ài de guān diǎn —— hěn bú xìng , zhè ge guān diǎn fēi cháng guò shí 。
www.chinadialogue.net
2.
Partly, no doubt, this reflects the party's broader slide into its own insular intellectual universe.
在某种程度上，这种现象无疑反映了该党在更大的范围内滑向其狭隘的知识世界。
zài mǒu zhǒng chéng dù shàng , zhè zhǒng xiàn xiàng wú yí fǎn yìng le gāi dǎng zài gèng dà de fàn wéi nèi huá xiàng qí xiá ài de zhī shi shì jiè 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
I'd hope to see the Chinese not be so insular about this also - yes the Chinese audience is big in itself, but it's fun to share right?
我希望中国不要在这方面上狭隘—中国市场是巨大的，但是分享不是更好吗？
wǒ xī wàng zhōng guó bú yào zài zhè fāng miàn shàng xiá ài — zhōng guó shì chǎng shì jù dà de , dàn shì fēn xiǎng bú shì gèng hǎo ma ?
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4.
Humans have tended to be insular and withdrawn, and yet you have the ability to be outgoing and generous with your friendship to others.
人类已经倾向于保守和孤僻，但是你们也有能力去乐于助人，慷慨的分享你们的友谊给其他人。
rén lèi yǐ jīng qīng xiàng yú bǎo shǒu hé gū pì , dàn shì nǐ men yě yǒu néng lì qù lè yú zhù rén , kāng kǎi de fēn xiǎng nǐ men de yǒu yì gěi qí tā rén 。
apps.hi.baidu.com
5.
The fact that the deal has passed off without interference widens the door to further cross-border activity in an insular industry.
但并购交易最后并未受到刁难，此事实为这一保守行业今后的跨国行动开启了方便之门。
dàn bìng gòu jiāo yì zuì hòu bìng wèi shòu dào diāo nàn , cǐ shì shí wéi zhè yī bǎo shǒu háng yè jīn hòu de kuà guó xíng dòng kāi qǐ le fāng biàn zhī mén 。
www.ecocn.org
6.
In the twenties and thirties a number of poets extracted themselves from what had been a dominant insular form of romanticism.
在二十年代和三十年代，一些诗人从曾经处于支配地位的浪漫主义的孤岛形式下摆脱出来。
zài èr shí nián dài hé sān shí nián dài , yì xiē shī rén cóng céng jīng chǔ yú zhī pèi dì wèi de làng màn zhǔ yì de gū dǎo xíng shì xià bǎi tuō chū lái 。
dict.ebigear.com
7.
against a political regime that they felt was insular, arbitrary, and corrupt, and that did not allow them adequate voice.
（突尼斯和开罗的抗议者）是为了反对他们认为孤立、专制、腐败、不允许他们充分发言的政治统治进行集会。
( tū ní sī hé kāi luó de kàng yì zhě ) shì wèi le fǎn duì tā men rèn wéi gū lì 、 zhuān zhì 、 fǔ bài 、 bù yǔn xǔ tā men chōng fèn fā yán de zhèng zhì tǒng zhì jìn xíng jí huì 。
www2.17bdc.com
8.
Take Home Lesson: Don't be too insular and just spend time on your own web property - get out there and participate in the wider web.
家庭作业：不要狭隘的把所有时间花在自己的博客上，跳出来参与到更广阔的网络当中去。
jiā tíng zuò yè : bú yào xiá ài de bǎ suǒ yǒu shí jiān huā zài zì jǐ de bó kè shàng , tiào chū lái cān yù dào gèng guǎng kuò de wǎng luò dāng zhōng qù 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
Sunstein's fear was that the Internet might lead to a more ghettoized, polarized and insular electorate.
他担心，网络可能会导致全体选民变得更加分裂、极端和狭隘。
tā dān xīn , wǎng luò kě néng huì dǎo zhì quán tǐ xuǎn mín biàn de gèng jiā fēn liè 、 jí duān hé xiá ài 。
dongxi.net
10.
Only a few weeks ago, it seemed that China's insular equity markets were leading other stocks around the world.
仅仅数周之前，中国与世隔绝的股票市场似乎还在引领全球各大股市的走势。
jǐn jǐn shù zhōu zhī qián , zhōng guó yǔ shì gé jué de gǔ piào shì chǎng sì hū hái zài yǐn lǐng quán qiú gè dà gǔ shì de zǒu shì 。
www.ftchinese.com
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