pa·ro·chialBrE/pəˈrəʊkiəl/NAmE/pəˈroʊkiəl/adjective[usually before noun](formal) connectedwithachurchparish教区的;堂区的◆parochialschools教区学校◆amemberoftheparochialchurchcouncil教区教堂理事会成员(disapproving) onlyconcernedwithsmallissuesthathappeninyourlocalareaandnotinterestedinmoreimportantthings只关心本地区的;地方观念的▸pa·ro·chial·ismBrE/pəˈrəʊkiəlɪzəm/NAmE/pəˈroʊkiəlɪzəm/noun[U]◆theparochialismofasmallcommunity小圈子的狭隘观念