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soul-searching

/sohl-sur-ching/US // ˈsoʊlˌsɜr tʃɪŋ //

反省,反思,反躬自问,反躬自省

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.

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Examples

  • Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.

  • The FBI has also been searching its records for any information that could assist the French investigation, a spokesperson added.

  • The anti-crime cops began searching the likely path of flight.

  • But damn, the music is catchy—a neo-soul aural assault of horns, electro swirls, yelps, funky basslines, and harmonized vocals.

  • Ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.

  • But the liberal soul deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.

  • Words are often everywhere as the minute-hands of the soul, more important than even the hour-hands of action.

  • As soon as he had seen his mother, he would set off again, and never cease searching till he had found either Ramona or her grave.

  • Monotheism is strictly inconsistent with the supremacy of “merits” which is the very soul of Oriental religion.

  • Some critics feel that, despite much that is desirable in her work, the soul is lacking in the women she paints.