closed-minded
adjective uk/ˌkləʊzdˈmaɪn.dɪd/ us/ˌkloʊzdˈmaɪn.dɪd/
心胸狭窄的,思想僵化的,采取封闭态度的
not willing to consider ideas and opinions that are new or different to your own
We're not going to be closed-minded: we're going to look at every possible option. 我们不会心胸狭隘:我们会考虑每一种可能的选择。
This closed-minded attitude to technology will see us fall behind in the international online economy. 这种对技术的封闭态度将让我们在国际网络经济中落伍。
Compare: open-minded
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- Many in the community are simply closed-minded about how to treat addiction.
- If somebody says this treatment doesn't work, they're either closed-minded or uninformed, because it does work.
- If you are so closed minded as to think only one side is to blame, you are perpetuating the problem.
- This man was clearly a closed-minded bigot, and there wasn't much I could do to change that.
- We remain in the grip of a closed minded cultural conservatism and traditionalism.