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单词 blinkered
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Definition of blinkered in English:

blinkered

adjective ˈblɪŋkədˈblɪŋkərd
  • 1(of a horse) wearing blinkers.

    Aboyeur's blinkered head showed in front soon after the start
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The stable-bound horse, ribs protruding, eyes blinkered, stamped its hooves on the wooden floor.
    • Had a blinkered horse ever won the Derby?
    • A tonga resembles a huge wooden box, balanced on two sturdy wheels, drawn by a single blinkered horse.
    1. 1.1 Having or showing a narrow or limited outlook.
      a blinkered attitude
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This blinkered approach put supposed short-term financial savings before the needs of future generations.
      • But it is not a blinkered and insular type of independence.
      • A blinkered approach to spotting talent is regarded as one of the many factors holding back youth development.
      • I think he is a man of limited intelligence, considerable low cunning, self-esteem born of blinkered privilege and a mean spirit.
      • I'm sorry that you feel I'm so clearly blinkered and entrenched and incapable of having a reasoned discussion about it.
      • As for the assertion that only fans and the club would benefit from the redevelopment, this seems a slightly blinkered approach.
      • This is the more lamentable as the title of the book suggests a less blinkered approach.
      • This perverse attitude says more about their blinkered view of what the country should aspire to be.
      • It is no wonder with this blinkered attitude that the Capital of Culture bid was a non-starter.
      • The arts have continually suffered from negative, blinkered attitudes.
      • Such narrow-minded blinkered parochialism can only leave these campaigners looking even more desperate.
      • But that seems a very narrow and blinkered view.
      • I was amazed at the totally blinkered attitudes of the individuals who see no legitimate reason to own a gun in Britain.
      • He really will get a shock if he keeps thinking in such a blinkered, narrow way.
      • Companies suffer from a provincial and culturally blinkered approach to the repertoire and with dire performance results.
      • If attitudes to sexual equality in 2002 are as blinkered and ignorant as they were in 1974 then we have learned nothing and this battle can never be won.
      Synonyms
      narrow-minded, limited, restricted, inward-looking, conventional, parochial, provincial, insular, small-town, localist, small-minded, petty-minded, petty, close-minded, short-sighted, myopic, hidebound, dyed-in-the-wool, diehard, set, set in one's ways, inflexible, dogmatic, rigid, entrenched, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, partisan, sectarian, discriminatory
      British parish-pump, blimpish
      French borné
      North American informal jerkwater
      rare claustral
 
 

Definition of blinkered in US English:

blinkered

adjectiveˈblɪŋkərdˈbliNGkərd
  • 1(of a horse) wearing blinders.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Had a blinkered horse ever won the Derby?
    • A tonga resembles a huge wooden box, balanced on two sturdy wheels, drawn by a single blinkered horse.
    • The stable-bound horse, ribs protruding, eyes blinkered, stamped its hooves on the wooden floor.
    1. 1.1 Having or showing a limited outlook.
      a small-minded, blinkered approach
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This is the more lamentable as the title of the book suggests a less blinkered approach.
      • This blinkered approach put supposed short-term financial savings before the needs of future generations.
      • If attitudes to sexual equality in 2002 are as blinkered and ignorant as they were in 1974 then we have learned nothing and this battle can never be won.
      • I'm sorry that you feel I'm so clearly blinkered and entrenched and incapable of having a reasoned discussion about it.
      • It is no wonder with this blinkered attitude that the Capital of Culture bid was a non-starter.
      • But that seems a very narrow and blinkered view.
      • But it is not a blinkered and insular type of independence.
      • He really will get a shock if he keeps thinking in such a blinkered, narrow way.
      • As for the assertion that only fans and the club would benefit from the redevelopment, this seems a slightly blinkered approach.
      • I was amazed at the totally blinkered attitudes of the individuals who see no legitimate reason to own a gun in Britain.
      • A blinkered approach to spotting talent is regarded as one of the many factors holding back youth development.
      • The arts have continually suffered from negative, blinkered attitudes.
      • I think he is a man of limited intelligence, considerable low cunning, self-esteem born of blinkered privilege and a mean spirit.
      • This perverse attitude says more about their blinkered view of what the country should aspire to be.
      • Such narrow-minded blinkered parochialism can only leave these campaigners looking even more desperate.
      • Companies suffer from a provincial and culturally blinkered approach to the repertoire and with dire performance results.
      Synonyms
      narrow-minded, limited, restricted, inward-looking, conventional, parochial, provincial, insular, small-town, localist, small-minded, petty-minded, petty, close-minded, short-sighted, myopic, hidebound, dyed-in-the-wool, diehard, set, set in one's ways, inflexible, dogmatic, rigid, entrenched, prejudiced, bigoted, biased, partisan, sectarian, discriminatory
 
 
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