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self-governing

/self-guhv-ernd, self-/US // ˌsɛlfˈgʌv ərnd, ˈsɛlf- //

自治,自治的,自治式,自治式的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
    • : self-regulating; self-determining.
    • : exercising self-restraint or self-control.

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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?

  • Because the universe is governed by laws, and there is no credible instance on record of those laws being suspended.