单词navel-gazing
n.: 一根筋；钻牛角尖
网络: 肚脐猛看的事情；纸上谈兵；盯着肚脐的
一根筋；钻牛角尖:
the fact of thinking too much about a single issue and how it could affect you, without thinking about other things that could also affect the situation
n.self-analysisreflectionruminationbroodingself-absorption
One must not imagine Kant as a leisurely scholar with lots of time on his hands for navel-gazing and beautiful thoughts.
人们肯定觉得康德是个悠闲的学者手头有太多的时间安神养性、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.
正是这种专注的自我审视，让高盛集团在经历了合伙人之间常常满怀恶意的多年争论之后，于1999年整体上市。
Its 140-character limit also precludes users from the long-winded navel-gazing that makes most personal blogs insufferable .
它限定的140字符也预先排除了用户纸上谈兵的大多数个人博客难以忍受的性质。
"There is a risk that we will be plunged back into months and years of navel-gazing, " warned Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn.
“我们将可能陷入数月和数年纸上谈兵的风险”卢森堡外资大臣简阿瑟伯恩警告。
Though these are merely short-term gains, they are enough to deflect navel-gazing for the moment.
虽然这些只是短期的收益，但是已经足以转移人们的注意力。
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费较少的时间，但是你挤出的时间与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.
虽然这些只是短期利好，但这足以扭转对当前态势的过度自省。
So it combined evidence of both hypocrisy over human rights with the EU"s habitual navel-gazing.
于是，这次峰会既证明了欧盟的虚伪人权，又反映了它惯常的纸上谈兵。
It simply feels better to take action than sitting around navel-gazing and getting sluggish.
采取行动比坐在那目光呆滞或者行动迟缓就是好很多。
Until now, it has been unclear what happens during a navel-gazing session.
一直以来，人们并不清楚在深度内省的时候都发生了什么。