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Definition of myopia in English: myopianoun mʌɪˈəʊpɪəmaɪˈoʊpiə mass noun1The quality of being short-sighted. he wore spectacles to correct a mild degree of myopia Example sentencesExamples - And so we found an association between this opacity at the back of the lens and short-sightedness, or myopia.
- The medical name for short-sightedness is myopia.
- Apart from testing the eye, they supply booklets detailing eye care with particular reference to refractive errors such as myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism.
- Astigmatism may occur with myopia or hyperopia.
- The Romans considered myopia a permanent defect that reduced the market value of a slave.
Synonyms narrow-mindedness, blinkered approach, blinkered attitude, parochialism, provincialism, localism, narrowness, small-mindedness, pettiness, short-sightedness, inflexibility, dogmatism, illiberality, intolerance, prejudice, bigotry, bias, partisanship, sectarianism, xenophobia, discrimination - 1.1 Lack of foresight or intellectual insight.
目光短浅，缺乏深谋远虑 the company's corporate myopia Example sentencesExamples - The difference between political and religious leadership has blurred due to which the nation as a whole is affected gravely by myopia.
- The result is a sort of national and cultural myopia.
- The Register reports another example of corporate myopia.
- It reeks of the typical psychology and myopia of the supposed intellectually and militarily powerful.
- And while intellectual hyperopia gets in the way of first class, specialised academic work, intellectual myopia is a more pernicious and widespread affliction of intellectual life today.
OriginEarly 18th century: modern Latin, from late Greek muōpia, from Greek muōps (see myope). Rhymescornucopia, dystopia, Ethiopia, subtopia, Utopia Definition of myopia in US English: myopianounmīˈōpēəmaɪˈoʊpiə 1Nearsightedness. 近视 Example sentencesExamples - The Romans considered myopia a permanent defect that reduced the market value of a slave.
- The medical name for short-sightedness is myopia.
- And so we found an association between this opacity at the back of the lens and short-sightedness, or myopia.
- Astigmatism may occur with myopia or hyperopia.
- Apart from testing the eye, they supply booklets detailing eye care with particular reference to refractive errors such as myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism.
Synonyms narrow-mindedness, blinkered approach, blinkered attitude, parochialism, provincialism, localism, narrowness, small-mindedness, pettiness, short-sightedness, inflexibility, dogmatism, illiberality, intolerance, prejudice, bigotry, bias, partisanship, sectarianism, xenophobia, discrimination - 1.1 Lack of imagination, foresight, or intellectual insight.
目光短浅，缺乏深谋远虑 historians have been censured for their myopia in treating modern science as a western phenomenon 历史学家们因把现代科学视为一种西方特有成就而被指责为短视。 Example sentencesExamples - It reeks of the typical psychology and myopia of the supposed intellectually and militarily powerful.
- The result is a sort of national and cultural myopia.
- The Register reports another example of corporate myopia.
- And while intellectual hyperopia gets in the way of first class, specialised academic work, intellectual myopia is a more pernicious and widespread affliction of intellectual life today.
- The difference between political and religious leadership has blurred due to which the nation as a whole is affected gravely by myopia.
OriginEarly 18th century: modern Latin, from late Greek muōpia, from Greek muōps (see myope). |