insularity 英 [ˌɪnsjʊ'lærətɪ] 　 美 [ˌɪnsəˈlærətɪ]

insularity

insularity　 英 [ˌɪnsjʊ'lærətɪ] 美 [ˌɪnsəˈlærətɪ]

n. （思想、观点等）偏狭，性僵化；岛国性质（或状态）；岛屿生活状况，与外界隔绝的生活状况　

名词复数:insularities　

I finally got fired, the combination of poor job performance, a ruined economy and good old-fashioned New England insularity.　最后，我杯具的工作表现、餐具的整体经济、老式的新英格兰偏狭气质，这三者的合体终于让我丢了工作。
So accustomed were they to success that they allowed the car business to become secondary to the bureaucracy and insularity that would bring the company down in 2009.　他们对成功习以为常，因此让汽车业务变成官僚机构和固步自封状态的附庸，这最终导致公司在2009年一蹶不振。

  • The noun insularity refers to the quality of being isolated or detached. In fact, the word is based on the Latin word insula, for "island." The phrase "no man is an island" means that no one can be completely separate from others.
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  • n. （思想、观点等）偏狭，性僵化；岛国性质（或状态）；岛屿生活状况，与外界隔绝的生活状况

  • 1. I finally got fired, the combination of poor job performance, a ruined economy and good old-fashioned New England insularity.

    最后，我杯具的工作表现、餐具的整体经济、老式的新英格兰偏狭气质，这三者的合体终于让我丢了工作。

  • 2. So accustomed were they to success that they allowed the car business to become secondary to the bureaucracy and insularity that would bring the company down in 2009.

    他们对成功习以为常，因此让汽车业务变成官僚机构和固步自封状态的附庸，这最终导致公司在2009年一蹶不振。

  • insularity (n.) 1755, "narrowness of feelings," from insular in the metaphoric sense + -ity. Sense of "state of being an island" (from the classical sense) attested from 1784, in reference to explorations of Australia and New Zealand.
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