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self-sufficiency

['selfsə'fiʃənsi]

解释

n. 自给自足；自负

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英文词源

self-sufficiency (n.): 1620s, originally an attribute of God (translating Greek autakreia), from self- + sufficiency. Of mortals, self-sufficient "able to supply one's own needs" is recorded from 1580s.

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例句和用法

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。