parochial

英 [pəˈrəʊkiəl]

美 [pəˈroʊkiəl]

adj.  教区的; 堂区的; 只关心本地区的; 地方观念的

复数：parochials　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.11543 / COCA.11615

牛津词典

adj.

• 教区的；堂区的
  connected with a church parish
  1. parochial schools
     教区学校
  2. a member of the parochial church council
     教区教堂理事会成员
• 只关心本地区的；地方观念的
  only concerned with small issues that happen in your local area and not interested in more important things

柯林斯词典

• （人）思想狭隘的，只考虑自身的
  If you describe someone asparochial, you are critical of them because you think they are too concerned with their own affairs and should be thinking about more important things.
• ADJ 堂区的；教区的
  Parochialis used to describe things that relate to the parish connected with a particular church.
  1. She was a secretary on the local parochial church council.
     她是当地教区教会委员会的秘书。

英英释义

adj

• narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
  1. little sympathy with parochial mentality
  2. insular attitudes toward foreigners
  Synonym:insular
• relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  1. parochial schools

双语例句

• Many home schoolers are located in areas with no viable private or parochial school alternatives.
  很多居家自学学生所在的地段没有合适的私人或教会学校可供选择。
• From age eight to eleven, I attended a small parochial school in Bath, England.
  从八岁到十一岁，我在英国巴斯的一个小教会小学读书。
• And the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the use of vouchers in parochial schools in Milwaukee.
  威斯康星最高法院也赞同密尔沃基教区学校使用教育券。
• Ten years on China has managed to make Hong Kong's political demands seem an almost parochial concern.
  十年的光阴已使香港的政治诉求变得貌似地区性事件了。
• In doing so, they proved that though we were wrong to think we had escaped the vagaries of the business cycle, we did have the ability to overcome the vices of parochial politics that led to calamity in the 1930s.
  在此过程中，他们证明了这样一点：虽然我们自认为已经摆脱商业周期的变幻莫测是不对的，但我们确实有能力克服导致20世纪30年代那种灾难的狭隘政治。
• The foursome settled on Saint Vincent-Saint Mary High School, a parochial school in downtown Akron.
  在四人安置圣文森特-圣玛丽高中，狭隘的学校设在闹市区的阿克伦。
• The Olympics are globalised and parochial at the same time.
  奥运会同时具有全球性和地方性。
• A parochial school maintained by the Catholic Church.
  由天主教供养的宗教学校。
• Now that he's the owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, Jordan's got other, more parochial, concerns.
  现在他是夏洛特山猫队的老板，乔丹又有了一种更狭隘的担忧。
• International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Communities
  国际天主教教区青年团体联合会