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单词 self
释义
self
noun
uk
/self/us
/self/

selfnoun(PERSONALITY)

C1[CorU]pluralselves
the set of someone'scharacteristics, such aspersonalityandability, that are notphysicaland make thatpersondifferent from otherpeople:
本性；自己；自我
Theheroof themoviefinallyfindshistrueself(=discoverswhat histruepersonalityandfeelingsare).电影的主角最终找到了真正的自我。
When Isawthem thisafternoonthey were more liketheirold/normalselves(= as they were in the past).我今天下午见到他们的时候，他们更像是平时的老样子了。
asenseof self自我意识
More examples
  • She's not hercustomarycheerfulself today.
  • The Minister was herusualevasiveself,skilfullydodgingreporters'questionsabout herpossibleresignation.
  • Heseemedillateaseand not hisusualself.
  • It was alongtimeafter theaccidentbefore heseemedlike hisformerself.
  • He wasn't hisusualebullientself.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mind and personality
  • allism
  • allistic
  • alter ego
  • ambivert
  • ASC
  • Asperger's syndrome
  • cognition
  • human nature
  • id
  • identify
  • identity
  • in the person ofsomeoneidiom
  • jib
  • noetic
  • noggin
  • non-identity
  • noodle
  • on the spectrumidiom
  • subconscious
  • vantage point
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selfnoun(PERSONAL ADVANTAGE)

[U]formaldisapproving
interestonly inyourownadvantage:
私利
Herreplywastypicalof herconstantregardfor self.她的答复明显说明她一贯只想着私利。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Selfishness
  • egocentric
  • egocentrically
  • egocentricity
  • egoism
  • egoistic
  • egotistically
  • hoggish
  • inconsiderate
  • inconsiderately
  • inconsiderateness
  • prima donna-ish
  • self-absorbed
  • self-absorption
  • self-centred
  • self-interest
  • selfish
  • selfishly
  • selfishness
  • selves
  • vanity
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Idiom

unto thine own self be true
self-
prefix
uk
/self-/us
/self-/
of or by yourself or itself:
自己的；自身的
self-educated自学的
a self-windingwatch自动上发条的手表
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: reflexive forms
  • auto
  • herself
  • himself
  • itself
  • myself
  • not be/seem himselfphrase
  • oneself
  • ourselves
  • per se
  • reflexive
  • themself
  • themselves
  • thyself
  • yourself
(Definition ofselffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

self| American Dictionary

self
noun[C/U]
us
/self/
pluralselvesus/selvz/
who apersonis,includingthequalitiessuch aspersonalityandabilitythat make onepersondifferent from another:
[C]Now I’mfeelingbetter, and I’m back to myoldself again.
[U]I stillassertthevalidityof self oversocialconvention.
(Definition ofselffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

self-| Business English

self-
prefix
uk
us
used toformwords thatdescribesomething or someone as doing something themselves:
a self-windingwatch
aself-cateringholiday
self-buildhomes
self
noun[U]
BANKING,INSURANCEformal
uk
/self/us
pluralselves/selvz/
written oncheques,officialdocuments,businessletters, etc. to refer to yourself:
achequewritten to self
Mosthealthplanshave a three-tiersystemofcoverage: self only, self and one otherperson, or self andfamily.
(Definition ofself-from theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofself

self
Our inner selves are always barricaded behind codes of language.
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Every item in the world, from stars to selves, is simply part of a divine mind, the thinking of which constitutes all of reality.
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Narratives are seen, then, both as rhetorical ploys (disguising genuine selves) and as the very thing that guarantees our ability to have selves.
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The duality is between the public and private selves of the candidates.
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We interpreted this joining of multiple selves as an instance of what one might call a ' shared world ' persona.
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More recently, however, identity has been seen as an ongoing and performative process in which individuals draw on diverse resources to construct selves.
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Through the elaborate construction of selves in particular relations with one another, the way was prepared for psychologists to claim authority to define this reality.
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In both these examples my future selves are contingent, which means that only the past and present preferences should rule.
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Instead, each of the person's contingent selves should have a say.
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Such facts comprise an important part of who they are, their natures or selves.
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In search of new selves : accommodating to widowhood.
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The mind was the 'zone of engagement' for the dynamics of attachment and detachment which articulated the relations of courtly selves.
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Alternatively, there may be a "discordant splitting" if one's different selves are experienced as contradictory.
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If it is, then it is hard to see why the state should have any concern for older selves.
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Ethics are the preconditions for society, which is, in turn, the precondition for the creation of selves.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithself

self

These are words often used in combination withself.

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aspect of self
Identity is here defined as thataspectofselfand personality which expresses the overall unity and purpose of the individual's life.
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authentic self
Perhaps greater equality in the family may offer girls some protection, by offering more opportunity forauthenticself-development free from conflicts about appropriate gender-role behavior.
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core self
Such an approach offers the potential to support both the 'coreself' and foster a benign social environment.
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