parochial
/pəˈrəʊkɪəl/adjective
1- of or relating to a Church parish(与)堂区(有关)的:
the parochial church council.
堂区管理委员会。
1.1
- having a limited or narrow outlook or scope目光褊狭的; 地方观念的:
parochial attitudes
目光狭隘的态度
their interests are too parochial.
他们的兴趣太局限于本地了。
派生词
parochialism
nounparochiality
nounparochially
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin parochialis 'relating to an ecclesiastical district', from parochia (see PARISH).