单词 | myopic |
释义 | myopic (maɪɒpɪk ) 1. adjective If you describe someone as myopic, you are critical of them because they seem unable to realize that their actions might have negative consequences. [disapproval] The Government still has a myopic attitude to spending. Synonyms: narrow-minded, short-sighted, narrow, unimaginative 2. adjective If someone is myopic, they are unable to see things which are far away from them. [formal] Collocations: myopic view It was, though, grim and relentless, a myopic view of pitiful lives, violence and grief. Times, Sunday Times It was open house for outrage, a popularly myopic view being that a grand old place had been destroyed. Times, Sunday Times But such a defensive, backward-looking and myopic view fails to recognise the review as an opportunity to start the long-overdue process of transforming our defence forces for the information age. Times, Sunday Times It was a myopic vision of the future. Times, Sunday Times The pungent odor allows peccaries to recognize other members of their herd, despite their myopic vision. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Double-dome masks restore natural sized underwater vision and field of view, while also correcting for a certain range of myopic vision. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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