- (disapproving)
only interested in your own country, ideas, etc. and not in those from outside 只关心本国利益的;思想褊狭的;保守的 - (usually disapproving)
having little contact with other people 只关心本国利益的;思想褊狭的;保守的 people living restricted and sometimes insular existences 过着狭隘有时是与世隔绝的生活的人们。
- (specialist)
connected with an island or islands 海岛的;岛屿的 the coastal and insular areas 沿海和岛屿区域
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting an islander): from late Latin insularis, from insula ‘island’.