parochial
adjective /pəˈrəʊkiəl/
/pəˈrəʊkiəl/
- [usually before noun] (formal) connected with a church parish
教区的；堂区的 - parochial schools
教区学校 - a member of the parochial church council
教区教堂理事会成员
- parochial schools
- (disapproving) only interested in small issues that happen in your local area and not interested in more important things
只关心本地区的；地方观念的 - They need to be better informed and less parochial in their thinking.
他们需要更好地了解情况，减少思维的狭隘性。
- They need to be better informed and less parochial in their thinking.
词源late Middle English: from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin parochialis ‘relating to an ecclesiastical district’, from parochia, from Greek paroikia ‘sojourning’, based on para- ‘beside, subsidiary’ + oikos ‘dwelling’.