short-sighted

英 [ˌʃɔːt ˈsaɪtɪd]

美 [ˌʃɔːrt ˈsaɪtɪd]

adj.  近视的; 目光短浅的; 无远见的

医学

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牛津词典

adj.

• 近视的
  able to see things clearly only if they are very close to you
• 目光短浅的；无远见的
  not thinking carefully about the possible effects of sth or what might happen in the future
  1. a short-sighted policy
     目光短浅的政策

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 近视的
  If you areshort-sighted, you cannot see things properly when they are far away, because there is something wrong with your eyes.
  1. Testing showed her to be very short-sighted.
     检查表明她近视得很厉害。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 near-sighted


• ADJ-GRADED 目光短浅的;无远见的
  If someone isshort-sightedabout something, or if their ideas areshort-sighted, they do not make proper or careful judgments about the future.
  1. Environmentalists fear that this is a short-sighted approach to the problem of global warming...
     环境保护主义者担心这并非解决全球变暖问题的长久之计。
  2. I think we're being very short-sighted.
     我认为我们这样做目光很短浅。

双语例句

• Testing showed her to be very short-sighted.
  检查表明她近视得很厉害。
• It was a combination of populist politicians, short-sighted companies and an overriding hypocrisy.
  它是由三点的结合造成的：民粹主义的政客，目光短浅的公司，以及普遍的虚伪。
• He's being very short-sighted about this.
  在这件事上他的目光非常短浅。
• It is very difficult for a short-sighted man to pick up a needle from the ground.
  近视眼的人要从地上把针拾起来是十分困难的。
• Climate change is the price we will now inevitably pay for short-sighted policies.
  无远见的政策使我们现在不可避免地要为气候变化付出代价。
• To confuse intelligence and dislocate sentiment by gratuitous fictions is a short-sighted way ofpursuing happiness.
  以无理的幻想混淆智力，弄乱正常的情感是一种短视的追求幸福的方法。
• If that is his reasoning, it is short-sighted.
  如果他真是这么考虑的，那就显得太目光短浅了。
• No, not a three-month visual acuity development of children, and very easy to short-sighted!
  不可以，三个月的小孩视力没发育好，很容易近视！
• To accommodate people: I am a bit short-sighted.
  对人包容：我有点近视。
• There must be something short-sighted in the eternal arrangements, surely thus it was, however;
  永恒的安排无疑是患了目光短浅的毛病！可是实际情况就是如此。