narrow-mindedness(名词):心胸狭隘;思想狭隘;缺乏包容与开放态度,常指对新观念、不同文化或他人观点不愿理解或接纳。也可指偏见较重、眼界不够开阔的态度。
/ˌnæroʊˈmaɪndɪdnəs/
Narrow-mindedness can ruin friendships.
心胸狭隘会毁掉友谊。
His narrow-mindedness made it hard for him to work with people from different backgrounds, even when they had the same goal.
他的思想狭隘让他很难与不同背景的人合作,即使大家目标一致也是如此。
由 narrow-minded(思想狭隘的)+ 名词后缀 -ness(表示“……的状态/性质”)构成。narrow 原义为“狭窄”,引申为“眼界不宽”;mind 表示“心智/想法”。合起来就是“心智变得狭窄”的状态。