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self

/self/US // sɛlf //UK // (sɛlf) //

自我,自,自己,自己的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural selves [selvz]. /sɛlvz/.

    • : a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality: one's own self.
    • : a person's nature, character, etc.: his better self.
    • : personal interest.
    • : Philosophy. the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc.the uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : being the same throughout, as a color; uniform.
    • : being of one piece with or the same material as the rest: drapes with a self lining.
    • : Immunology. the natural constituents of the body, which are normally not subject to attack by components of the immune system.
    • : Obsolete. same.
pron.代词 pronoun
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    plural selves.

    • : myself, himself, herself, etc.: to make a check payable to self.
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    • : to self-pollinate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Both of the tests she took were of the nasal swab variety, although the one she took on campus was self-administered.

  • A vicious cycle of rejection by others played out in which undercontrolled youngsters never had opportunities to learn social skills and self-control.

  • Even though what she’s doing is sometimes very self-serving, and sometimes it’s downright menacing, she still has her reasons.

  • Those crystals provide a nucleation point where the sugar structure — the candy — can self-assemble.

  • Florida, concerned that it had taken on too much risk, has since scaled back its self-insurance plan.

  • We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.

  • Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.

  • For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.

  • I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.

  • Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.

  • Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

  • Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.

  • At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.

  • But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?

  • Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.