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单词 tunnel vision
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Definition of tunnel vision in English:

tunnel vision

noun
mass noun
  • 1Defective sight in which objects cannot be properly seen if not close to the centre of the field of view.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We know that under life-threatening stress, the heart rate will increase, fine motor skills will deteriorate and you will suffer from tunnel vision.
    • Pressure from excess fluid or improper drainage damages the optic nerve and can lead to tunnel vision, loss of peripheral vision, or blindness.
    • Now ultra-stubborn influences have subsided, symptoms of tunnel vision begin to dissipate.
    • I suggest you try them before you spend your money, as some coloured lenses give you a sense of tunnel vision which is very uncomfortable.
    • Night blindness develops, usually in childhood, followed by loss of peripheral visual field, progressing over many years to tunnel vision and finally blindness.
    • My biggest shock was I couldn't see properly, I had very blurred tunnel vision, and worse than that, I couldn't speak.
    • Mr Flinders was registered blind after having a cataract removed, leaving him with serious tunnel vision and an inability to see objects around him,
    • By the fifth night he claimed it was giving him tunnel vision.
    • A progressive loss of peripheral vision occurs over time, resulting in tunnel vision in late stages of the disease.
    1. 1.1informal The tendency to focus exclusively on a single or limited objective or view.
      she has tunnel vision in all matters of opinion and morality
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While it may distract from your tunnel vision, it's wise to think ahead.
      • They don't want the public getting tunnel vision about age or race or gender or anything like that.
      • We are handy as a regional centre and we don't have tunnel vision.
      • A teacher, whether brutally domineering or gently insistent, is still capable of suffering tunnel vision, a limited perspective of which he or she may be quite unaware.
      • Her defense mechanism soon becomes tunnel vision, focused only on the money she's saved for her son's operation.
      • A tunnel vision approach to reducing unplanned pregnancy may do nothing to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and can increase it.
      • They can suffer from terminal enthusiasm for their subject, with the complication of single-mindedness bordering on tunnel vision.
      • The Company of Strangers can be summed up as offering a panoramic view of tunnel vision and its effect on all aspects of human life. There seems to be no place where Seabright is a stranger.
      • The fixation on profits and productivity created tunnel vision oblivious to historic money and credit excess.
      • They reject accusations of tunnel vision and deny they are motivated by professional envy at not having got there first.
      • A lot of practitioners who've had their firms for 20 years or more can get tunnel vision.
      • They avoid tunnel vision; they do not focus too narrowly on the administration of the individual business firm and the individual household.
      • While I understand that you are a more experienced writer, the tendency for this tunnel vision is a human one.
      • Qualifying requires tunnel vision akin to the view through a soda straw.
      • That move alienated many people on Wall Street, who have tunnel vision about the current quarter and year.
      • We should address all the challenges concurrently and not just focus on some areas in a tunnel vision fashion.
      • However, tunnel vision seems to have no effect when you return from a shopping trip and there is ice cream/chocolate/crisps to be found.
      • ‘Our emphasis on multi-skilling and taking the initiative prevents tunnel vision in our operators,’ he says.
      • Beyond the media's tunnel vision lies the persistence of the habit of the rich world using the poor world to buttress its prejudices.
      • Well I'm trying not to succumb to tunnel vision by only limiting the field of inquiry to a particular area.
 
 

Definition of tunnel vision in US English:

tunnel vision

nounˈtənl ˌvɪʒnˈtənl ˌviZHn
  • 1Defective sight in which objects cannot be properly seen if not close to the center of the field of view.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My biggest shock was I couldn't see properly, I had very blurred tunnel vision, and worse than that, I couldn't speak.
    • A progressive loss of peripheral vision occurs over time, resulting in tunnel vision in late stages of the disease.
    • By the fifth night he claimed it was giving him tunnel vision.
    • Night blindness develops, usually in childhood, followed by loss of peripheral visual field, progressing over many years to tunnel vision and finally blindness.
    • We know that under life-threatening stress, the heart rate will increase, fine motor skills will deteriorate and you will suffer from tunnel vision.
    • Pressure from excess fluid or improper drainage damages the optic nerve and can lead to tunnel vision, loss of peripheral vision, or blindness.
    • Mr Flinders was registered blind after having a cataract removed, leaving him with serious tunnel vision and an inability to see objects around him,
    • Now ultra-stubborn influences have subsided, symptoms of tunnel vision begin to dissipate.
    • I suggest you try them before you spend your money, as some coloured lenses give you a sense of tunnel vision which is very uncomfortable.
    1. 1.1informal The tendency to focus exclusively on a single or limited goal or point of view.
      she has tunnel vision in all matters of opinion and morality
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That move alienated many people on Wall Street, who have tunnel vision about the current quarter and year.
      • The Company of Strangers can be summed up as offering a panoramic view of tunnel vision and its effect on all aspects of human life. There seems to be no place where Seabright is a stranger.
      • They avoid tunnel vision; they do not focus too narrowly on the administration of the individual business firm and the individual household.
      • The fixation on profits and productivity created tunnel vision oblivious to historic money and credit excess.
      • ‘Our emphasis on multi-skilling and taking the initiative prevents tunnel vision in our operators,’ he says.
      • We are handy as a regional centre and we don't have tunnel vision.
      • A tunnel vision approach to reducing unplanned pregnancy may do nothing to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases and can increase it.
      • They don't want the public getting tunnel vision about age or race or gender or anything like that.
      • Well I'm trying not to succumb to tunnel vision by only limiting the field of inquiry to a particular area.
      • However, tunnel vision seems to have no effect when you return from a shopping trip and there is ice cream/chocolate/crisps to be found.
      • Qualifying requires tunnel vision akin to the view through a soda straw.
      • While I understand that you are a more experienced writer, the tendency for this tunnel vision is a human one.
      • A lot of practitioners who've had their firms for 20 years or more can get tunnel vision.
      • A teacher, whether brutally domineering or gently insistent, is still capable of suffering tunnel vision, a limited perspective of which he or she may be quite unaware.
      • We should address all the challenges concurrently and not just focus on some areas in a tunnel vision fashion.
      • They can suffer from terminal enthusiasm for their subject, with the complication of single-mindedness bordering on tunnel vision.
      • Her defense mechanism soon becomes tunnel vision, focused only on the money she's saved for her son's operation.
      • Beyond the media's tunnel vision lies the persistence of the habit of the rich world using the poor world to buttress its prejudices.
      • They reject accusations of tunnel vision and deny they are motivated by professional envy at not having got there first.
      • While it may distract from your tunnel vision, it's wise to think ahead.
 
 
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