self-preservation
英 ['self,prez?'vei??n]
美
- n. 自衛本能，自我保護；自我保存
TEM8
英文詞源
- self-preservation (n.)
- 1610s, from self- + preservation. First attested in Donne.
雙語例句
- 1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
- 他從未表現出他前任的那種近乎傲慢的自信。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
- 在盧克母親審視的目光下，我感到極不自在。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman.
- 如今她已經變成一個快樂、自信的女人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- 他因開槍自殘受傷正在接受治療。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
- 她抑制著心中的自憐，將滿腔的憐憫之情都傾注在了他的身上。
來自柯林斯例句