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词汇 shortsightedly
释义 shortsightedly
adverb
(alsoshort-sightedly)us/ˌʃɔːrtˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd.li/uk /ˌʃɔːtˈsaɪ.tɪd.li/

shortsightedlyadverb (THOUGHT)


disapproving
in a way that does not think enough about how an action will affect the future:
Shortsightedly, the federal government has reduced its contributions dramatically.
The regime shortsightedly promoted the formation of a workforce suitable for only low-skilled jobs.
They shortsightedly used their savings to pay the bill.
The newspapers promptly (if shortsightedly) declared it "The Greatest Day in History."
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Narrow-minded
be set in your waysidiom
be wearing blindersidiom
be wearing blinkersidiom
blinkered
closed-minded
intolerantly
myopia
myopic
myopically
narrow-minded
narrow-mindedly
narrow-mindedness
prissily
prissy
provinciality
provincially
prude
unreceptive
unreconstructed
unthinking

shortsightedlyadverb (SIGHT)


mainly UK(US usuallynearsightedly)
in a way that shows that a person can only clearly see objects that are close to them:
Aunt Emily lifted the blind and peered shortsightedly at her through the window.
He blinked shortsightedly at them, then shook his head and concentrated on the food again.
He looked shortsightedly around him again and then recognized her in the crowd.
She leaned forward and peered shortsightedly into the night.
Joe squinted short-sightedly at the shape in the dimness.
She stared short-sightedly at the faded writing.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Eyesight, glasses & lenses
accommodative
afterimage
age-related macular degeneration
amaurosis
amblyopia
eyeglasses
glaucoma
lenticular
limbus
long-sighted
long-sightedness
macula
macula lutea
ocular
oculist
short-sighted
varifocals
wet macular degeneration
wraparounds
yellow spot

Related word


shortsighted

Synonym


myopically
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