V2EX shortsighted

Shortsighted

发音 Pronunciation

/rtsatd/

释义 Definition

shortsighted 是一个形容词,有两层含义:

  1. 近视的:指眼睛只能看清近处的物体,远处的东西看不清楚(医学上也称 myopic)。
  2. 目光短浅的、缺乏远见的:比喻一个人只考虑眼前利益,不顾长远后果。

例句 Examples

It was shortsighted of the company to cut the research budget just to save money in the short term.
公司为了短期省钱就削减研发预算,这种做法实在是目光短浅。

Without his glasses, he was too shortsighted to read the road signs.
不戴眼镜的话,他近视得连路牌都看不清。

词源 Etymology

shortsightedshort(短的)和 sighted(视力的)组合而成,字面意思是"视线短的",最早用于描述近视这一视力问题。后来这个词从具体的视觉含义引申为比喻义,用来形容一个人在判断和决策上缺乏远见、只看到眼前的事物。这种从身体感官到抽象思维的比喻在英语中非常常见。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 查尔斯狄更斯在《荒凉山庄》(Bleak House)中多次描写角色因目光短浅而陷入困境,暗合 shortsighted 的比喻义。
  • 乔治奥威尔在政论文章中常用 shortsighted 批评政客只顾眼前政治利益而忽视长远社会影响。
  • 亚当斯密在《国富论》(The Wealth of Nations)中也使用过类似表达,批评某些经济政策的短视本质。
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