[TOP]navel-gazing 'navel-gazing noun [U] (disapproving) the fact of thinking too much about a single issue and how it could affect you, without thinking about other things that could also affect the situation 一根筋；钻牛角尖 [TOP]navel-gazing['neɪ.vəlˌgeɪ.zɪŋ] humorousdisapproving noun uncountable » spending too much time considering your own thoughts, feelings or problems 过分自省 [TOP]navel-gazing
1.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词 自我耽溺;冥思苦想;钻牛角尖 If you refer to an activity as navel-gazing, you are critical of it because people are thinking about something for a long time but take no action on it.
【语用信息】：disapproval
She dismisses the reform process as an exercise in collective navel gazing. 她对这场改革嗤之以鼻，认为只是无实际行动的集体空想而已。