英语释义

• narrowly restricted in outlook or scope;

  "little sympathy with parocial mentality"

  "insular attitudes toward foreigners"

• relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island;

  "insular territories"

  "Hawaii's insular culture"

• suggestive of the isolated life of an island;

  "an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels

片语

insular r岛的

insular woodiness岛屿木质化这

insular part[解剖]

insular areaAn insular area is a United States territory that is neither a part of one of the 50 U.S.

enclosed附上（enclose的过去式和过去分词）

insular casesThe Insular Cases are several U.S.

diario insular岛报

hermitic遁世的；与世隔绝的

insular speciation岛屿成种

insular handwriting岛屿草书

insular scotoma翻译

英汉例句

• but as edwards’s tale progresses, it becomes clear that, for all google’s praiseworthy qualities, the company is hampered by a narrow perspective and an insular culture.

  但是随着爱德华兹故事的进行，这家公司值得表扬的品质逐渐变得明朗起来，受到一个狭隘的视角和孤立文化的牵绊。

• there was also increased activity in the brain「s insular cortex and the anterior cingulated, regions associated with physical pain and distress.

  大脑的独立皮质层和前带扣皮质层也活跃起来了，这些区域与生理和心理伤痛相关。

• he was dismissive of recent remarks from the swedish academy that american writing is insular and ignorant.

  对于最近瑞典皇家学院贬抑美国作品偏狭无知的评论，格拉斯表示不屑。

• many whites think the anc is losing the moral high ground, andare becoming more insular and withdrawn—or are just emigrating.

  许多白人认为非国大正在失去道德上的优势，正变得更孤立和妥协，或者说是游移。

• 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.

• however, even if such pressure is applied by myanmar’s asian neighbours, there is no guarantee that the paranoid, insular and incompetent generals will pay any attention.

  然而，即使缅甸的亚洲邻居会施加这样的压力，仍然不能保证这些偏执的，孤立而且无能的将军们会三思而后行。

• the insular foreign policy required a maritime (「blue water」) military strategy relying on britain’s powerful navy to destroy the enemy’s fleet, cut off its trade, and capture its colonies.

  狭隘外交政策需要海上（「蓝水」）军事战略，英国依靠强大的海军摧毁敌人的舰队，切断他们的贸易，并占领他们的殖民地。

• they are toiling inside the sunny, insular bubble that the web industry has grown up inside.

  他们都沉浸在一个「色彩斑斓」、「与世隔绝」的泡沫里，而互联网行业就是在这个泡沫里发展壮大。

• the reason, he explains, is that the site feels more insular and exclusive than in the past.

  究其原因，他解释说，是感觉到该网站比过去更为封闭且排外了。

• that insular model has now begun to change—but not to bombardier’s advantage.

  这种孤立的模式现在已经发生变化，但这并未给庞巴迪公司带来什么好处。

• their dashed journey underscores the insular nature of the pakistan and afghan militancy.

  他们的失败之旅证实了巴基斯坦和阿富汗交战的孤立特点。

• europe, it is said, must resist the temptation to become a giant switzerland: ie, a smug, rich, insular place.

  据说，欧洲必须要抵制其变成巨型瑞士的诱惑：即，一个自以为是的、富裕的、思想偏狭的国家。

• the british caricature themselves as a nation of insular xenophobes. this helps to disguise the fact that they are living in one of the world’s most international countries.

  英国人常把自己丑化为思想褊狭的对域外事物感到恐惧的人，这也帮他们掩盖了一个事实：他们生活在世界上一个最国际化的国家。

• the tsunami brought india’s insular fishing community in touch with the outside world for the first time.

  海啸使得印度的这个与世隔绝的渔村首次与外界取得联络。

• but china」s insular financial system has also kept it underdeveloped.

  但是，中国金融系统的封闭性也导致它不够发达。

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