| 单词 | parochial |
| 释义 | parochial (once / 2906 pages) adj If an issue or a matter is parochial, it is trivial or only concerns a local area. Likewise, a person with a parochial mentality is narrow-minded, or not open to new ideas. Parochial comes to English from Greek through Latin with the meaning "of a parish." As a parochial school is a school that is affiliated with a particular church, the connection is easy to see. In general though, parochial refers to a narrow or limited point of view — that is, an outlook that extends no further than the limits of the parish. You may feel that there is no room in your life for the parochial attitudes of the older generation. Let's hope you remain open-minded as you age! WORD FAMILYparochial: parochialism, parochially+/parochialism: parochialisms USAGE EXAMPLESMillions of parents choose to send their children to parochial or other private schools. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “You roll back 40 years ago, and we were really pretty isolated and much more parochial here.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) Families are able to take that money to private or parochial school to cover all or part of tuition. Washington Post(Nov 27, 2016) 1adj relating to or supported by or located in a parish parochial schools 2adj narrowly restricted in outlook or scope little sympathy with parochial mentality Syn insular provincial characteristic of the provinces or their people |
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