hidebound

adj.

1. 守旧的；迂腐的
   having old-fashioned ideas, rather than accepting new ways of thinking

1. ADJ-GRADED 顽固守旧的;死板保守的
   If you describe someone or something as hidebound, you are criticizing them for having old-fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change.
   1. The men are hidebound and reactionary...
      那些人顽固且反动。
   2. The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.
      经济由于公共开支和私有垄断而变得僵化。

1. The men are hidebound and reactionary
   那些人顽固且反动。
2. The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.
   经济由于公共开支和私有垄断而变得僵化。
3. Although some critics ridiculed her flowing and expressive movements, Isadora brought flexibility and self-expression to the hidebound world of classical dance.
   尽管对她那行云流水般富有表现力的动作持嘲笑态度的批评家大有人在，但伊莎多拉却为死板的古典舞蹈界带来了灵动性和自我表现力。
4. Country music has been was a natural enemy for her: hidebound, slow moving, lousy with machismo.
   乡村音乐一直是曾经是她的天敌：它守旧、动作慢、充满大男子主义。
5. But investors have been nagged by concerns that vestiges of the hidebound culture that sent the company over the edge remain.
   但投资者担心，曾经导致该公司陷入破产边缘的僵化的企业文化还没有被完全消除。
6. Although many literary critics seem to regard the canon as rather hidebound and resistive to change, in fact it has always been very mutable.
   尽管诸多文论家觉得经典似乎很固执，并且拒绝改变，但实际上它总是处于变化之中。
7. Part of the problem lies in the hidebound conventions of the public sector.
   这个问题部分源于公共部门那些陈旧的传统。
8. Its symptoms are usually hidebound management, heirs who lack talent and drive or feuding over corporate spoils.
   其症状通常是管理层墨守成规，继承人缺少才能和动力，家族内部在公司利益上长期争执。
9. The members of committees are often hidebound, unimaginative and even incompetent.
   委员们常常顽固保守，缺乏想象力甚至不称职。
10. The hidebound managers of the old company refused to adopt computer-based business systems and preferred to rely on tediously slow, paper-based procedure.
    这家老牌公司守旧的经理拒绝采用电脑化业务机制，仍然偏好枯燥缓慢的纸质流程。
11. He also guards against the danger of becoming hidebound by travelling overseas at least once a month, even if it involves a two-day round trip between Tokyo and Barcelona.
    为防止自己变得古板，他还每月至少出国旅行一次，哪怕只是为期两天的东京-巴塞罗那往返行程。
12. He is an individualist while they are hidebound;
    他是一个个人主义者当他们墨守成规时候；
13. There are some problems existing in Chinese teaching in higher vocational education such as misunderstanding the teaching objectives, unreasonable structure of teaching resources, hidebound patterns of teaching in classes, simplification to evaluate achievement.
    摘要目前高职语文的教学工作中存在着误读其教学目的、教学资源结构不合理、课堂教学模式僵化与学生成绩评估方法简单化等问题。
14. Into this somewhat hidebound "atmosphere" it was vital to inject new blood.
    在这有点墨守成规的环境中注入些新鲜血液是十分重要的。
15. Small, flexible, diverse groups of workers will generate more ideas than hidebound hierarchies.
    比起刻板的层级体系，灵活、多样化的小型团队将创造更多想法。
16. The dramatic rise of the yen is forcing even hidebound exporters to consider moving offshore.
    就连那些偏保守的出口型企业，也因日元大幅升值而被迫考虑到海外发展。
17. In other words, the stage figures developed will be not hidebound, pale artistic bodies but live, plump artistic creations.
    戏曲导演二度创造出的舞台形象才可能是活的饱满的艺术生灵，而不是死的苍白的技术躯壳。
18. As for the teachers answering for the further education, their attitudes are serious, their professional levels are supernal, but the teaching methods are hidebound excessively.
    整体上，培训者的教学态度认真，素质水平较高，但所使用的教学方法过于传统；

adj

1. stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded

   Synonym:    traditionalist