shortsighted

英 [ˌʃɔːtˈsaɪtɪd]

美 [ˈʃɔrtˈsaɪtɪd]

adj.  近视的; 目光短浅的;无远见的

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 近视的
  If you areshort-sighted, you cannot see things properly when they are far away, because there is something wrong with your eyes.
  1. Testing showed her to be very short-sighted.
     检查表明她近视得很厉害。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 near-sighted


• ADJ-GRADED 目光短浅的;无远见的
  If someone isshort-sightedabout something, or if their ideas areshort-sighted, they do not make proper or careful judgments about the future.
  1. Environmentalists fear that this is a short-sighted approach to the problem of global warming...
     环境保护主义者担心这并非解决全球变暖问题的长久之计。
  2. I think we're being very short-sighted.
     我认为我们这样做目光很短浅。

英英释义

adj

• lacking foresight or scope
  1. a short view of the problem
  2. shortsighted policies
  3. shortsighted critics derided the plan
  4. myopic thinking
  Synonym:shortunforesightfulmyopic
• not given careful consideration
  1. ill-considered actions often result in disaster
  2. an ill-judged attempt
  Synonym:ill-consideredill-judgedimprovident
• unable to see distant objects clearly
  Synonym:nearsightedmyopic

双语例句

• As we get older, shortsighted people are more likely to suffer from retinal detachment, glaucoma and cataracts.
  随着年龄增长，近视人群更可能受到视网膜脱落、青光眼和白内障的困扰。
• That's an ugly, shortsighted system.
  真是个既愚蠢又毫无远见的制度。
• Most people at my age are shortsighted nowadays.
  现在跟我同龄的人大多都患近视。
• This is a very shortsighted decision.
  这是一项非常缺乏远见的决定。
• He finally realize that he is shortsighted and go to the optician.
  他终於明白他眼睛近视了，於是去配了眼镜。
• He was too shortsighted to focus on the object.
  他由于近视过深而无法把视力焦点对准在该物体上。
• Such a shortsighted policy is a time bomb that will one day explode in araeriea's face.
  这样一种短视的政策无异是颗***，总有一天会在美国面前爆炸。
• That's a shortsighted attitude.
  那是无远见的态度。
• She must be shortsighted.
  她肯定是近视了。
• However shortsighted roosevelt's aim, he certainly achieved the destruction of germany.
  不论罗斯福目标如何短见，他无疑实现了毁灭德国这一目标。