They were an insular family.

他们一家人与世隔绝。

The British are often accused of being insular.

英国人常被指责为思想褊狭。

Interestingly, the island rule is reversed for small mammals such as rodents, for which gigantism is favored under insular conditions.

有趣的是，对于小型哺乳动物，如啮齿类动物，岛屿规则是相反的，因为在岛状条件下，巨头主义是有利的。

Interestingly, the island rule is overturned for small mammals such as rodents, for which gigantism is favored under insular conditions.

有趣的是，对于啮齿动物这样的小型哺乳动物来说，岛屿法则被推翻了，因为在岛状环境下，巨大的体型是最受欢迎的。

Theirs is an insular business.

这是个很封闭的行业。

It was very insular, a walled garden.

它很孤立，像一座有围墙的花园。

Insular, or just broke?

是孤立，还是破产？

Fame doesn't have to be so insular, some say.

也有人说名声不一定意味过与外界隔绝的生活。

My sentiments at heart were insular and medieval.

我内心的感情是保守的，倾向于中世纪的。

In the past, these have been rather small and insular specialties.

在过去，这些都是相当小的和孤立的专业。

But China's insular financial system has also kept it underdeveloped.

但是，中国金融系统的封闭性也导致它不够发达。

Nonetheless Malaysia is in some ways more insular than its Asian rivals.

尽管如此，马来西亚在某些方面要比其他亚洲竞争对手更具有岛民特性。

But insiders worry that new users perceiveWikipedia as “uninviting” and “insular”.

但是业内人士担忧新用户会认为维基 “不受欢迎”、“与世隔绝”。

Their dashed journey underscores the insular nature of the Pakistan and Afghan militancy.

他们的失败之旅证实了巴基斯坦和阿富汗交战的孤立特点。

The reason, he explains, is that the site feels more insular and exclusive than in the past.

究其原因，他解释说，是感觉到该网站比过去更为封闭且排外了。

Later this was taken by some critics to be a typical NASA reaction—insular, furtive, overcontrolling.

后来这些举措被批为典型的NASA反应——偏狭封闭、鬼祟、过分控制。

As two great countries with ancient civilization, neither China nor Egypt is insular and inaccessible.

作为世界两大文明古国，中国和埃及都不是孤立和闭塞的。

Objective:To sum up the experience of microsurgical removal of the insular tumors through the pterion.

目的：研究经翼点入路显微技术切除岛叶肿瘤的方法和意义。

The tsunami brought India's insular fishing community in touch with the outside world for the first time.

海啸使得印度的这个与世隔绝的渔村首次与外界取得联络。

EUROPE, it is said, must resist the temptation to become a giant Switzerland: ie, a smug, rich, insular place.

据说，欧洲必须要抵制其变成巨型瑞士的诱惑：即，一个自以为是的、富裕的、思想偏狭的国家。

I despise "Internet culture". It's so pointless, so self-fulfilling, so completely insular and without context.

我瞧不起“网络文化”，网络文化乏味无聊、自以为是、一知半解而没有上下文语境衔接。

When the controls perceived odors, the bilateral amygdala, piriform, and anterior insular and cingulate cortices were activated.

当对照组受到气味刺激时，双侧的杏仁核、梨状叶、前岛叶和扣带回皮质激活。

The fact that the deal has passed off without interference widens the door to further cross-border activity in an insular industry.

但并购交易最后并未受到刁难，此事实为这一保守行业今后的跨国行动开启了方便之门。

He has transformed the staid, insular, 200-year-old savings bank into one of the largest retail Banks in central and eastern Europe.

他将一家200岁的四平八稳闭门造车的储蓄银行变成了中东欧地区最大的零售银行之一。