英语单词

self-preservation是什么意思

self-preservation

英 ['self,prezə'veiʃən] 美
  • n. 自卫本能,自我保护;自我保存

英文词源


self-preservation (n.)
1610s, from self- + preservation. First attested in Donne.

双语例句


1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。

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2. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
在卢克母亲审视的目光下,我感到极不自在。

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3. She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman.
如今她已经变成一个快乐、自信的女人。

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4. He is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
他因开枪自残受伤正在接受治疗。

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5. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
她抑制着心中的自怜,将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。

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