be small-minded
系表结构，描述人的性格特质。
He is too small-minded to appreciate other people's ideas.
他心胸狭窄，无法欣赏别人的想法。
心胸狭隘的；目光短浅的；斤斤计较的
自私狭隘,目光短浅,缺乏大局观；狭隘可鄙的；心胸狭窄的；气量小的；固执己见的
Selfish, petty, and narrow in outlook; lacking consideration of the big picture.
常含贬义。
自私狭隘,目光短浅,缺乏大局观
Selfish, petty; constrained in thought, limited in scope of consideration, not mindful of the big picture.
狭隘可鄙的
contemptibly narrow in outlook
His small-minded comment about her new job only showed how limited his outlook is.
他对她新工作的狭隘评论只表明他的眼界有多有限。
用法提示：small-minded 作定语形容词，表示心胸狭隘、眼光短浅。
AI contextual example
The committee's smaller-minded members voted against the plan because they could not see its benefits.
委员会中较狭隘的成员因为看不到该计划的好处而投了反对票。
用法提示：这里使用比较级 smaller-minded，强调成员更加狭隘。
AI contextual example
Don't be so small-minded; the project will succeed only if everyone shares their ideas.
别这么心胸狭隘；只有每个人都分享想法，项目才能成功。
用法提示：small-minded 作表语形容词，意为心胸狭隘、目光短浅。
AI contextual example
系表结构，描述人的性格特质。
He is too small-minded to appreciate other people's ideas.
他心胸狭窄，无法欣赏别人的想法。
用作定语，修饰名词。
She made a small-minded comment about their culture.
她对他们文化发表了狭隘的评论。
与 too...to 结构连用，表示结果。
They were too small-minded to accept the new policy.
他们气量太小，无法接受新政策。
与small-minded基本可互换，语气相似。
强调计较琐事，比small-minded更具体，但不完全等同。
侧重不容忍，与small-minded的固执相关，但范围更广。
语气更强烈，常含偏见，不完全对应。
强调见识短浅，与small-minded有重叠但不完全等同。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a small-minded.
正确表达He is small-minded.
small-minded 是形容词，不能直接作名词使用。正确用法是直接作表语，不加冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子She has a small-minded think.
正确表达She has a small-minded way of thinking.
think 是动词，不能作名词。应使用名词短语 way of thinking 或 attitude。
narrow-minded 强调思想不开放，不接受新观点或不同意见；small-minded 更侧重气量小，计较琐事。
close-minded 与 narrow-minded 类似，强调不愿意考虑其他观点；small-minded 则带有更多对他人琐碎计较的贬义。
petty 强调对小事过分计较，缺乏大度；small-minded 虽也含此义，但更侧重于整体心胸狭窄。
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