“Instead of the usual industry navel gazing, our speakers and panels will..." Navel gazing, 凝视肚脐? 当然不是。这个词的基本含义是静思,沾沾自喜般的自我专注(literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption)。
近义词:
self-analysis n. 自我心理分析
reflection n.反思
rumination n. 反刍,沉思
brooding n.孵卵;adj.沉思的,笼罩的
self-absorption n. 聚精会神,热衷
meditation n.沉思,冥想
contemplation n. 注视,沉思
woolgathering n. 空想,异想天开;
omphaloskepsis n. [宗]意守肚脐