If you describe someone or something as hidebound, you are criticizing them for having old-fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change.
例句
The men are hidebound and reactionary...那些人顽固且反动。The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.经济由于公共开支和私有垄断而变得僵化。
英汉词典释义
adj.
对新的思想、方法等格格不入的;守旧的;思想偏狭的
It’s a very hidebound society and views anything new with suspicion这是个非常保守的社会,对任何新事物都抱着怀疑的态度。