记忆方法
将“insular”与“island”相结合，想象一个“孤岛”（island）上的人或事物，表现出与外界隔绝的“岛屿”特征，从而帮助记忆“insular”表示岛屿般的、孤立的特征。
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词族 · insular
派生词
中文词源
insular 岛屿的，岛国思想的
来自拉丁语insula,岛，词源同isle.引申词义岛屿的，岛国狭隘思想的。
英语词源
- insular
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insular: see island
- insular (adj.)
- 1610s, "of or pertaining to an island," from Late Latin insularis, from Latin insula "island" (see isle). Metaphoric sense "narrow, prejudiced" is 1775, from notion of being cut off from intercourse with other nations, especially with reference to the situation of Great Britain. Earlier adjective in the literal sense was insulan (mid-15c.), from Latin insulanus.
权威例句
- 1. The British are often accused of being insular.
- 英国人常被指责为思想褊狭。
- 2. A continental climate is different from an insular one.
- 大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候.
- 3. Having lived in one place all his life, his views are insular.
- 他一辈子住在一个地方, 所以思想狭隘.
- 4. The English themselves are somewhat insular in their literary appraisals.
- 英国人评价自己的文学,也不免有偏狭处.
- 5. My sentiments at heart were insular and medieval.
- 我内心的感情是保守的,倾向于中世纪的.