parochial

英 [pəˈrəʊkiəl]

美 [pəˈroʊkiəl]

adj.  教区的; 堂区的; 只关心本地区的; 地方观念的

复数：parochials　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.11543 / COCA.11615

牛津词典

adj.

• 教区的；堂区的
  connected with a church parish
  1. parochial schools
     教区学校
  2. a member of the parochial church council
     教区教堂理事会成员
• 只关心本地区的；地方观念的
  only concerned with small issues that happen in your local area and not interested in more important things

柯林斯词典

• （人）思想狭隘的，只考虑自身的
  If you describe someone asparochial, you are critical of them because you think they are too concerned with their own affairs and should be thinking about more important things.
• ADJ 堂区的；教区的
  Parochialis used to describe things that relate to the parish connected with a particular church.
  1. She was a secretary on the local parochial church council.
     她是当地教区教会委员会的秘书。

英英释义

adj

• narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
  1. little sympathy with parochial mentality
  2. insular attitudes toward foreigners
  Synonym:insular
• relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  1. parochial schools

双语例句

• The Olympics are globalised and parochial at the same time.
  奥运会同时具有全球性和地方性。
• When it comes to their Washington agenda, most companies focus on parochial regulatory issues or industry-specific taxes.
  大多数公司的华盛顿议程，都集中在局部的监管问题或特定行业的税收上。
• He is very interested in parochial affairs.
  他对教区的事务非常感兴趣。
• In doing so, they proved that though we were wrong to think we had escaped the vagaries of the business cycle, we did have the ability to overcome the vices of parochial politics that led to calamity in the 1930s.
  在此过程中，他们证明了这样一点：虽然我们自认为已经摆脱商业周期的变幻莫测是不对的，但我们确实有能力克服导致20世纪30年代那种灾难的狭隘政治。
• Ten years on China has managed to make Hong Kong's political demands seem an almost parochial concern.
  十年的光阴已使香港的政治诉求变得貌似地区性事件了。
• It has exposed American students to perspectives that our proudly parochial country often does not provide in childhood.
  他让美国学生接触到了国际视野，我们这个眼界狭隘的骄傲国家往往不会在孩提时代给儿童提供这种视野。
• The largest group of religious," parochial", schools in America is run by the Roman Catholic Church.
  美国最大的教会学校集团，也就是所谓“教区附属学校”，是由罗马天主教会兴办的。
• Even now we are still far too parochial, far too insular.
  即使到现在我们也仍然目光太偏狭，思想太保守。
• She was a secretary on the local parochial church council.
  她是当地教区教会委员会的秘书。
• They're parochial. it's so funny you just said that.
  有点暧昧，真有意思你也这么说。