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

• Retirement is a short-sighted goal. You should be living in light of eternity.
  退休是短视的目标，你应该为永恒而活。
• 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。
• Testing showed her to be very short-sighted.
  检查表明她近视得很厉害。
• You've been a little short-sighted here, frank, my father is an old man.
  你有点目光短浅，弗兰克，我父亲年纪已经大了。
• He's being very short-sighted about this.
  在这件事上他的目光非常短浅。
• She is light-hearted but short-sighted.
  她无忧无虑但目光短浅。
• It's very short-sighted of the government not to invest in technological research.
  政府没有对技术研究进行投资实在是目光短浅。
• 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。
• 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。
• Euan: You're a real grind. You'll end up short-sighted if you're not careful.
  尤安：你真是个书呆子。你不小心点，就会变成近视眼啦。