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self-conscious

/self-kon-shuhs, self-/US // ˈsɛlfˈkɒn ʃəs, ˌsɛlf- //

自觉的,自觉,自觉性,自觉地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : excessively aware of being observed by others.
    • : conscious of oneself or one's own being.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.insecure with oneself

Examples

  • 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?

  • All through the sad duties of the next four days Felipe was conscious of the undercurrent of this premonition.