siege mentality

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  N-SING If a group of people have a siege mentality, they think that other people are constantly trying to harm or defeat them, and so they care only about protecting themselves. 受围心态; 总是感觉别人在尝试伤害或打败自己，因此一味想要自我保护的心态 [also no det]

  例：

  Police officers had a siege mentality that isolated them from the people they served.

  警察过去有一种受围心态，这使他们与其服务的民众孤立开来。