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

• To treat a city as disposable once your business has prospered is equally wrong and even more short-sighted.
  一旦你的商业发达了便对一个城市任意处置是同样错误的，甚至更加目光短浅。
• 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。
• This approach to coding to a deadline is short-sighted and will come back to haunt us later.
  为了在最终期限完成任务，我们用这样方法来编写代码是目光短浅的做法，我们最终将受到惩罚。
• We must avoid these stupid, short-sighted traps and constantly strive for an open communications system with objective information.
  我们必须防止掉进这些愚蠢、短浅的陷阱，不断为含有客观信息的公开交通系统而努力。
• 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。
• The lenses become more convex or concave, depending on whether the wearer is long-sighted or short-sighted.
  镜片可以根据佩带者的近视或远视情况变得更凸出或凹陷。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This neglect is short-sighted as it has left many regions incapable of performing drug-resistance testing or culture-based diagnosis.
  忽视这方面情况是没有远见的，使多地区无法进行耐药性测试和细菌培养式的诊断。