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closed-minded

/klohzd-mahyn-did/US // ˈkloʊzdˈmaɪn dɪd //

闭塞的,闭目塞听,闭关自守,闭塞的人

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a mind firmly unreceptive to new ideas or arguments: It's hard to argue with, much less convince, a closed-minded person.

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Examples

  • He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.

  • Closed courthouses, rogue clerks, and misleading statements from the attorney general as Florida welcomes same-sex marriage.

  • I wish I could be writing to you under better circumstances, but unfortunately those avenues have closed up.

  • The FCC investigation recently closed its comment period on the Marriott case.

  • Though the bar closed soon after, a movement had been sparked, and when it reopened in 1990, history was revived.

  • They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.

  • You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.

  • And now I can recall that his eyes closed, and from his lips I caught a sigh, and then he rolled to the floor.

  • The next instant the door closed softly behind them, and she went out of his life as a wife forever.

  • He looked up through half closed eyes to see the Reverend standing over him.