navel-gazing

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。

In the real world, away from such institutional navel-gazing, why is a mood of anxiety and concern justified?

在现实中，除却上述只关注机制的想法外，还有什么理由值得焦虑与担忧呢？

Don't trust your intuition, gut or hunches. Navel gazing is unprofessional and silly.

不要相信你的直觉，胆量和预感。固执己见是不专业的，傻的。

The age of navel gazing

凝视肚脐的时代