hidebound
hidebound 英 [ˈhaɪdbaʊnd] 美 [ˈhaɪdˌbaʊnd]
adj. 死板的；保守的；顽固的；墨守成规的
- Hidebound things — or people — are stuck in the past, unable to change. Your boss's hidebound attitudes about gender make him reluctant to hire women for most jobs.
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- adj. 死板的；保守的；顽固的；墨守成规的
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1. The hidebound health-care systems of the rich world may resist new technologies even as poor countries leapfrog ahead.
在发展中国家跨越式发展的同时，发达国家保守的医疗体系则可能会抵制新技术。
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2. The Southern Newspaper Group was an oasis of open-minded thinking in the state’s hidebound media empire, and it was known for pushing the limits within the propaganda apparatus.
在中国墨守成规的媒体版图里，以思想开放著称的南方报业集团是一块绿洲，在身为宣传工具的同时，却也在不断试探底线。
- hidebound (adj.) 1550s, from hide (n.1) + past tense of bind (v.). Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of "restricted by narrow attitudes, obstinately set in opinion" is first recorded c. 1600. The rare hide-bind (v.) is a back-formation.
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