navel-gazing

navel-gazing

美 [?ne?v(?)l?ɡe?z??] 　英 [?ne?v(?)l ?ɡe?z??]

• n.一根筋；鉆牛角尖
• 網絡肚臍猛看的事情；紙上談兵；盯著肚臍的

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英漢解釋

例句

One must not imagine Kant as a leisurely scholar with lots of time on his hands for navel-gazing and beautiful thoughts.

人們肯定覺得康德是個悠閑的學者手頭有太多的時間安神養性、陶醉在自己美妙的思想中。

It was this kind of navel gazing that led to its own flotation in 1999, after years of often rancorous debate among the partners.

正是這種專注的自我審視，讓高盛集團在經歷了合伙人之間常常滿懷惡意的多年爭論之后，于1999年整體上市。

Its 140-character limit also precludes users from the long-winded navel-gazing that makes most personal blogs insufferable .

它限定的140字符也預先排除了用戶紙上談兵的大多數個人博客難以忍受的性質。

"There is a risk that we will be plunged back into months and years of navel-gazing, " warned Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn.

“我們將可能陷入數月和數年紙上談兵的風險”盧森堡外資大臣簡阿瑟伯恩警告。

Though these are merely short-term gains, they are enough to deflect navel-gazing for the moment.

雖然這些只是短期的收益，但是已經足以轉移人們的注意力。

Navel-gazing promotional strategies are less time consuming, but the time you save is disproportionate to the diminishing returns.

集中型的提升策略花費較少的時間，但是你擠出的時間與失去的相比不成比例。

Though these are merely short-term gains, they are enough to deflect navel-gazing (2)for the moment.

雖然這些只是短期利好，但這足以扭轉對當前態勢的過度自省。

So it combined evidence of both hypocrisy over human rights with the EU's habitual navel-gazing.

于是，這次峰會既證明了歐盟的虛偽人權，又反映了它慣常的紙上談兵。

It simply feels better to take action than sitting around navel-gazing and getting sluggish.

采取行動比坐在那目光呆滯或者行動遲緩就是好很多。

Until now, it has been unclear what happens during a navel-gazing session.

一直以來，人們并不清楚在深度內省的時候都發生了什么。

In the real world, away from such institutional navel-gazing, why is a mood of anxiety and concern justified?

在現實中，除卻上述只關注機制的想法外，還有什么理由值得焦慮與擔憂呢？

Don't trust your intuition, gut or hunches. Navel gazing is unprofessional and silly.

不要相信你的直覺，膽量和預感。固執己見是不專業的，傻的。

The age of navel gazing

凝視肚臍的時代