parochial

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a. 教区的, 地方性的, 目光偏狭的

发音

UK /pəˈɹəʊkɪəl/
US /pəˈɹoʊki.əl/

词形变化

parochials 复数 parochials more parochial 比较级 most parochial 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A parochial individual.

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to a parish.

    教区的

    The parish council handles parochial affairs. [civil context]

    The rector and vestry handle parochial affairs. [church context]

  2. 2.

    Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts; elementary in scope or outlook.

    狭隘

    贬义

    The use of simple, primary colors in the painting gave it a parochial feel.

    Some people in the United States have been accused of taking a parochial view, of not being interested in international matters.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

insular

近义相关 1

provincial

相关短语

parochial vicar parochial school 教区附属学校（教会及宗教团体经营的小学、初中、高中） parochial vicars parochial schools parochial board parochial boards parochial church council parochial church councils

词源

From Anglo-Norman parochial and its source Late Latin parochialis, an alteration of paroecialis (“of a church province”), from paroecia, from Hellenistic Greek παροικία (paroikía, “stay in a foreign land”), later “community, diocese”, from Ancient Greek πάροικος (pároikos, “neighbouring, neighbour”), from παρα- (para-) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

来源：wiktionary