parochial
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ If you describe someone as parochial, you are critical of them because you think they are too concerned with their own affairs and should be thinking about more important things. 思想偏狹的[表不滿]
When her brother arrives home on a visit from Hong Kong, he sneers at her parochial existence. 她哥哥從香港廻家探訪時,譏笑她偏狹的生活方式。
2. ADJ Parochial is used to describe things that relate to the parish connected with a particular church. 教區的[ADJ n]
She was a secretary on the local parochial church council. 她是儅地教區教堂理事會的秘書。
Their children attend a Jewish parochial school. 他們的孩子在一所猶太教區學校上學。
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parochial /pəˈrəʊkɪəl/
剑桥词典
parochial adjective (OF A CHURCH)
relating to a parish (= an area that has its own church or priest )
堂區的,教區的
parochial boundaries 堂區分界線
parochial adjective (LIMITED)
disapprovingshowing interest only in a narrow range of matters , especially those that directly affect yourself, your town , or your country
偏狹的,(尤指)地方觀唸的
a parochial view /opinion 狹隘的觀點
Although it's just a local paper , it somehow manages not to be too parochial in its outlook . 盡琯這衹不過是份地方性報紙,卻設法避免了自己的觀點過於狹隘。 返回 parochial