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单词 shortsighted
释义
shortsighted
adjective
(alsoshort-sighted)
us
/ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd/uk
/ˌʃɔːtˈsaɪ.tɪd/

shortsightedadjective(THOUGHT)

C2disapproving
notthinkingenough about how anactionwillaffectthefuture:
It was a very shortsighteddecision.
Hecondemnedtheproposedpolicyas shortsighted.
It's very short-sighted of thegovernmentnot toinvestintechnologicalresearch.
Opposite
far-sighted
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Narrow-minded
  • be set inyourwaysidiom
  • be wearing blindersidiom
  • be wearing blinkersidiom
  • blinder
  • blinker
  • blinkered
  • closed-minded
  • intolerantly
  • myopia
  • myopic
  • narrow-minded
  • narrow-mindedness
  • non-thinking
  • parochial
  • prissy
  • prude
  • prudish
  • prudishly
  • prudishness
  • unthinking
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shortsightedadjective(SIGHT)

C2mainlyUK
(USusuallynearsighted)
A shortsightedpersoncan onlyclearlyseeobjectsthat arecloseto them:
Mybrotherhas goodeyesightwhereasI am a little shortsighted.
She has towearglassesbecause she's very short-sighted.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Eyesight, glasses & lenses
  • accommodative
  • afterimage
  • age-related macular degeneration
  • AMD
  • astigmatic
  • bespectacled
  • bifocals
  • boss-eyed
  • eyestrain
  • goggles
  • macular degeneration
  • monocular
  • multifocal
  • naked
  • nearsightedly
  • ocular
  • ophthalmology
  • pince-nez
  • snow blindness
  • sty
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Related word

short-sightedness

Synonym

myopic
(Definition ofshortsightedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shortsighted| American Dictionary

shortsighted
adjective
(alsoshort-sighted)
us
/ˈʃɔrtˈsɑɪt·̬əd/
showingalackofthoughtfor what mighthappenin thefuture:
It’s shortsighted tospendallyourmoneyon having a goodtime.
(Definition ofshortsightedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshortsighted

shortsighted
And yet, if the moderates were morally narrow andshortsighted, they were also morally honest.
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It was a miserablyshortsighteddecision and lethal in its consequences.
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Enacting this law was a sick social experiment concocted byshortsightedcriminologists and votehungry lawmakers.
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Shortsightedpeople do not see in the same way as normal-sighted people in the fog, although sight may be considered to be degraded in both cases.
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Sadly, the client's and services engineer's conservatism could not allow the exclusion of mechanical ventilation, whose necessity is demanded by theshortsightedsolution to book security.
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They are not only unattractive but eminentlyshortsighted.
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It would certainly beshortsighted, because the potential contribution of overworked general practitioners must be seriously and, perhaps, dangerously devalued.
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Anybody with the remotest idea about printing will express the view that to cut back the stock of books is ashortsightedand uneconomic policy.
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It would be veryshortsighted, therefore, if our societies were unable to raise the capital they need because of antiquated legislation.
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The strategic interest of the country is being ignored and the mostshortsighteddecisions are being taken.
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The attitude that spraying is something which will not affect wild life even though it can be harmful to domestic animals is veryshortsighted.
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We have already been profligate andshortsighted, and this must not continue.
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Are they not now paying the price for their veryshortsightedgreed?
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However, even if we argue from hindsight that the closures have beenshortsighted, we must at least ensure that we do not make similar mistakes.
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The small minority who have such misgivings areshortsighted.
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