In the US, where I live just 25% of people were myopic in 1971.

在我生活的美国，1971 年只有 25% 的人近视。

It is a lifelong disease so once you're myopic, it doesn't regress.

这是一种终生的疾病，所以一旦你近视了，它就不会消退。

And if current trends continue, it's estimated that half of the world's population will be myopic by 2050.

如果目前的趋势继续下去，预计到 2050 年，世界上一半的人口将患有近视。

Having one myopic parent doubles your odds of being nearsighted and having 2 increases the odds 5 fold.

父母中有一人近视，孩子近视几率会翻倍；父母中有两人近视，近视几率增加 5 倍。

Boris Johnson, the mayor of London and an enthusiastic supporter of the Thames plan, spluttered in advance, then branded the decision myopic.

伦敦市长鲍里斯? 约翰逊和泰晤士计划的一位积极的支持者对此气急败坏，并认为这种决定是目光短浅的表现。

He acknowledges that a laissez-faire approach to integration has sometimes allowed immigrant communities to " become isolated and myopic" .

他承认，自由放任的融合方式有时会让移民社区“变得孤立和缺乏远见”。

The researchers found that individuals with 13 years of education were more myopic than those who didn't get past primary school.

研究人员发现，那些经历过13年书本洗礼学生的近视率比那些小学毕业还没毕业的人要高很多。

They were also myopic about what the true threat was.

他们对于真正的威胁是什么也缺乏远见。

A bold, progressive, internationalism that stands in stuck contrast to the too often belligerent and myopic unilateralism of the Bush administration.

一种大胆、进步的国际主义，与布什政府过于好战和短视的单边主义形成鲜明对比。

The longer those eye structures are stretched the higher the risk of disorders like myopic macular degeneration, retinal detachment… glaucoma and cataracts.

眼睛结构拉伸的时间越长，患近视黄斑变性、视网膜脱离、青光眼和白内障等疾病的风险就越高。