Describes a person whose thinking is narrow: they care about petty little matters, their own small circle, their own comfort, and they cannot or will not consider anything bigger. It is always a criticism. It covers two overlapping faults.

Describes a person whose thinking is narrow形容一個人思想狹窄:they care about petty little matters, their own small circle, their own comfort他們在乎瑣碎的小事、自己的小圈子、自己的舒適，and they cannot or will not consider anything bigger而且他們無法、或不願意去考慮更大的事。It is always a criticism這永遠是一種批評。It covers two overlapping faults這涵蓋兩個互相重疊的毛病。

One is pettiness — fussing over who took the last parking space, keeping score of tiny favours, complaining to the neighbours about a fence. The other, heavier one is a refusal to accept people or ideas that are unfamiliar: a small-minded person dislikes what is foreign, new, or different, simply because it is not what they grew up with.

One is pettiness其中一個是小氣計較——fussing over who took the last parking space為了誰佔了最後一個停車位而斤斤計較、keeping score of tiny favours記著誰欠了誰小小的人情、complaining to the neighbours about a fence為了一道籬笆去跟鄰居抱怨。The other, heavier one is a refusal to accept people or ideas that are unfamiliar另一個比較嚴重的，是拒絕接受不熟悉的人或想法:a small-minded person dislikes what is foreign, new, or different, simply because it is not what they grew up with一個small-minded的人討厭外來的、新的、或不同的東西，純粹因為那不是他從小習慣的。

When someone says "small-minded attitudes towards immigrants", that second meaning is doing the work, and it is a polite-sounding way of saying prejudiced.

When someone says "small-minded attitudes towards immigrants"當有人說「small-minded attitudes towards immigrants（對移民的small-minded態度）」的時候，that second meaning is doing the work是後面那個比較嚴重的意思在起作用，and it is a polite-sounding way of saying prejudiced而這是一種聽起來比較客氣、實際上在說「有偏見」的方式。

Notice it says nothing about intelligence. A small-minded person can be clever and well-educated; the smallness is in what they are willing to think about, not in how well they think. That is what makes it sting — you cannot answer it by pointing to your degree.

Notice it says nothing about intelligence要注意，這個詞跟聰不聰明完全無關。A small-minded person can be clever and well-educated一個small-minded的人可以既聰明又受過良好教育;the smallness is in what they are willing to think about, not in how well they think狹窄的地方在於他們願意去想的範圍，而不是他們想得好不好。That is what makes it sting這就是這個詞刺人的地方——you cannot answer it by pointing to your degree你沒辦法靠搬出你的學歷來反駁它。

The opposites are "broad-minded" and "open-minded". "Narrow-minded" is a very close neighbour, leaning a little more towards the refusing-new-ideas half.

The opposites are "broad-minded" and "open-minded"相反詞是「broad-minded」和「open-minded」。"Narrow-minded" is a very close neighbour「narrow-minded」是一個非常接近的鄰居詞, leaning a little more towards the refusing-new-ideas half稍微更偏向「拒絕新想法」的那一半意思。