首页英语词典insularinsular英英释意

insular

英 ['ɪnsjʊlə] 美['ɪnsəlɚ]
  • adj. 孤立的;与世隔绝的;海岛的;岛民的

英英释意


1. relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island;
"insular territories"
"Hawaii's insular culture"
2. suggestive of the isolated life of an island;
"an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
3. narrowly restricted in outlook or scope;
"little sympathy with parocial mentality"
"insular attitudes toward foreigners"