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autobiographical

/aw-tuh-bahy-uh-graf-i-kuhl, aw-toh-/US // ˌɔ təˌbaɪ əˈgræf ɪ kəl, ˌɔ toʊ- //UK // (ˌɔːtəˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl) //

自传式,自传性,自传,自传体

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : marked by or dealing with one's own experiences or life history; of or in the manner of an autobiography: autobiographical material;an autobiographical novel.

Examples

  • In many ways, the autobiographical elements provide the book with a narrative structure, as they mirror larger trends in the history of American psychiatry.

  • Much of the highlighted artists’ work is autobiographical, although often indirectly.

  • Michaela Coel’s powerful, semi-autobiographical HBO series “I May Destroy You,” which critics loved, would have been a far worthier choice.

  • They never spoke publicly about the nature of their relationship, but in an autobiographical 1992 book, “Mastering the Impossible,” they said they both had relationships with women.

  • Nearly half of those works made up his autobiographical project, known as “Continents of Exile.”

  • For a shorter introduction to Richardson, read Journey to Paradise: Short Stories and Autobiographical Sketches.

  • My father, who despised autobiographical novels, did two very autobiographical misogynist books as his second marriage broke up.

  • As advertised, Holler is not autobiographical in the same way that the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein are not autobiographical.

  • Jodorowsky moved on, and recently directed an autobiographical film, The Dance of Reality (opening in May).

  • “For us, our collections are so autobiographical,” McCollough told The New York Times.

  • There are not many deliberately autobiographical writings that are markedly sincere; there are not many direct human documents.

  • For the autobiographical portions of this organ, I am indebted to the notices which have appeared in the Revue Mensuelle.

  • Mazzini's autobiographical notes in the earlier volumes of the Scritti editi e inediti are of course of the highest value.

  • Anderson's photographs interested him mightily, and formed the text of many autobiographical discourses.

  • It is especially interesting in that the author has made one of the characters, Trigorin, largely autobiographical.