Narrow-mindedness is the quality of being unwilling to accept or understand new or different ideas, opinions, or customs. A narrow-minded person keeps a tight little circle of “the right way” and treats anything outside it as wrong, strange, or not worth hearing.

Narrow-mindedness isnarrow-mindedness是 the quality of being unwilling to accept or understand new or different ideas, opinions, or customs不願意接受或理解新的、不同的想法、意見或習俗的這種特質 A narrow-minded person心胸狹窄的人 keeps a tight little circle of “the right way”會守著一個很小的「正確做法」的圈子 and treats anything outside it as wrong, strange, or not worth hearing把圈子以外的東西都當成錯的、奇怪的，或不值得聽的

You meet the word when people talk about prejudice, closed groups, or someone who will not even try another side.

You meet the word你會在這些情況遇到這個字 when people talk about prejudice, closed groups講到偏見、封閉的團體 or someone who will not even try another side或不肯去試著理解另一方的人

It is not the same as having a firm belief: you can hold a belief and still listen. Narrow-mindedness is the shutting of the door.

It is not the same as having a firm belief這跟有堅定的信念不一樣 you can hold a belief and still listen你可以有信念，同時還是願意聽別人說 Narrow-mindedness is the shutting of the doornarrow-mindedness是把門關上

The word is a little formal and a little judging — we usually say it about other people, not about ourselves. Though actually, people also use it loosely, just to mean “they disagree with me,” which is not quite fair.

The word is a little formal and a little judging這個字有點正式，也有點在評斷人 we usually say it about other people, not about ourselves我們通常是用來說別人，不是說自己 Though actually不過其實 people also use it loosely大家也會比較隨便地用這個字 just to mean “they disagree with me,”只是想表達「他們跟我意見不同」 which is not quite fair這樣其實不太公平