narrowness

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美

网络  狭隘; 心胸狭小; 狭窄; 狭隘性

BNC.19021 / COCA.27659

英英释义

noun

• a small margin
  1. the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory
  2. the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote
  Synonym:narrow marginslimness
• the property of being narrow
  1. the narrowness of the road
• a restriction of range or scope
  1. the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students
  2. the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus
  3. frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons
• an inclination to criticize opposing opinions or shocking behavior
  Synonym:narrow-mindedness

双语例句

• One notable exception the housing drama "Dwelling Narrowness", which struck a chord for a public worried about property costs was canceled and later criticized by officials.
  房地产题材剧《蜗居》是一个明显的例外。这部剧引起了为高房价而忧虑的公众的共鸣，一度遭到停播，后来受到官方的批评。
• Due to the sudden narrowness of the estuary, the flood flowed higher and higher.
  因河口急骤缩小，洪水流势愈来愈大。
• I have done so myself, castigating Chinese policymakers for the narrowness of their perspective.
  我自己就这样做过：严厉斥责中国政策制定者视野狭窄。
• Our parochial narrowness and cultural hubris are a dangerous combination.
  我们本位主义的狭隘性和傲慢文化是一个危险的结合。
• As for the determination of the boundary between the Zhujiang River and the sea, the river mouth cross section, which is changing from narrowness to broadness while the river running into the sea, can not be regarded as the boundary line.
  大河河海划界不能简单地把河流入海由窄变宽的口门断面作为河海分界线。
• He criticized the narrowness of the range of opinion represented.
  他对意见所体现的范围的局限性提出了批评。
• He is blamed that his setting is too narrow, but his narrowness has its own significance.
  有人指责其小说背景过于狭窄，但这个狭窄背景更具有其特殊意义。
• For all its complacency and narrowness, the Davos consensus did actually serve the world pretty well in the 30 years running up to the financial crisis.
  达沃斯的共识尽管存在自满与狭隘，但它在金融危机爆发之前的30年里的确对世界起到了有益的作用。
• The shortcoming of Zen aesthetic studies lies in the narrowness both of research methods and perspective.
  禅美学研究的不足在于研究方法、研究角度存在着视野狭窄的问题。
• Given that an election is a market in which politicians offer goods they think voters want, it makes more sense to blame the narrowness on the electorate.
  考虑到大选是一个政客们提供他们认为选民想要的商品的市场，把议题狭窄归咎于选民更讲得通。