[ gùbг4zìfēng ] be content with staying where one is; stand still and refuse to make progress; stand still and cease to make progress; hold fast to one's established ideas; be satisfied with old practices; self-satisfaction and conservatism; be ultraconservative and self-satisfied; be complacent and conservative; confine oneself to the old method [traditional way]; limit one's own progress; unwilling to move forward; do not want to move a step forward; be a standpatter and be proud of it; be self-satisfied with being a stick-in-the-mud; rest complacently on one's laurels; remain where one is; without desire to advance further
Example Sentences:
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At the same time he had grown intellectually more sluggish and showed little inclination to develop new ideas . 同时，他在思想上故步自封，几乎无新的发展。
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Never should a man stay in a closed - door room . you should explore the universe to see how men are coping with the events of changing times 11一个人永远不要故步自封，而要面对世界，去探索人们应如何应付世事变迁。
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But , after the founder has died , foundations tend to become sclerotic and directionless ? the fiefs of administrators who have lost sight of the original aims 但是，一旦创建者与世长辞，偏离初衷的管理者们将故步自封，而基金会也会僵化不堪、迷失方向。
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As many people know , i am conservative . but conservatism - wanting to sustain things that you know and value - does not mean standing still or turning back the clock 很多人都知道，我为人保守，但保守主义的意义，在于保留和延续我们懂得和珍惜的事物，而非故步自封或倒行逆施。
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However , the government will not stand still and will carry on its efforts in the building of an e - government to achieve the goal of its " digital 21 strategy " , which is to position hong kong as a leading e - business community and digital city in the globally connected world 不过，政府不会故步自封，并会继续致力建立电子政府，实现数码21资讯科技策略的目标在全球网络相连的世界里，把香港发展为一个领先的电子商务社群和数码城市。
