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self-consciousadjective(NERVOUS)C1nervousoruncomfortablebecause you areworriedabout whatpeoplethinkabout you oryouractions: 局促不安的；不自在的 Helookeduncomfortable, like a self-consciousadolescent.他看上去不大自在，好似一个局促不安的少年。 - I alwaysfeelabitself-conscious in ahat.
- Stopstaring- you make me self-conscious.
- She's very self-conscious about hernose.
- He had verybadskinas ateenagerand it made himpainfullyself-conscious.
- I alwaysfeelvery self-conscious when I'm with him.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesShy and modest - aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- bashfully
- bashfulness
- deprecating
- humility
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- mousy
- reticent
- retiring
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-deprecating
- self-deprecatingly
- wallflower
- withdrawn
See more results » self-consciousadjective(INTENTIONAL)intentionallydone, written, made, etc. in aparticularway,especiallyin aneffortto beimpressive: To beeffective,charmmust not be self-conscious. Thisseemsa self-consciousattempttocreate"classic"architecture. - Thesongshave a self-consciousairofpastichewhich makes themlackatmosphere.
- Thedialoguefeelsself-conscious andstagey.
- This is notmeantto be takenseriously: it is self-conscioustheatre.
- Hisstyleof writing is a little too self-conscious for myliking.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPlanning, expecting and arranging - accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- planner
- provision
- purposefully
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- settle
- sleeve
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off C1nervousoruncomfortablebecause you areworriedabout whatpeoplethinkabout you oryouractions 局促不安的；不自在的Helookeduncomfortable, like a self-consciousadolescent.他看上去不大自在，好似一个局促不安的少年。 - I alwaysfeelabitself-conscious in ahat.
- Stopstaring- you make me self-conscious.
- She's very self-conscious about herfigure.
- He had verybadskinas ateenagerand it made himpainfullyself-conscious.
- I alwaysfeelvery self-conscious when I'm with him.
self-conscious| American Dictionaryuncomfortableabout yourself andworriedaboutdisapprovalfrom otherpeople: She was self-conscious about herweight. self-consciously
Sheblushedself-consciously when Icomplimentedher. Examplesofself-consciousself-conscious Class is not necessarily aself-consciousidentity; it may remain on the level of an analytical shorthand that summarizes a person's social positioning.From theCambridge English Corpus They started to act asself-consciousactors in the local arenas and, maybe even more important, they were recognised as such by locals and non-locals.From theCambridge English Corpus In this context, musical relations are likely to become moreself-conscious, and less intimate, than when watching fiction.From theCambridge English Corpus Nor must our judgment be dazzled by the glare ofself-consciousheroism.From theCambridge English Corpus This book extends that work into a moreself-consciousinterpretative analysis of isicathamiya.From theCambridge English Corpus Thisself-consciousintegration of local, regional and global perspectives is potentially productive.From theCambridge English Corpus Because of this background, many immigrants wereself-consciousof their progressive and modern status.From theCambridge English Corpus The principal difference between ourselves and our ancestors is that they took society as they found it while we areself-consciousand perplexed.From theCambridge English Corpus Some of the participants wereself-conscious, self-assertive ' backwoodsmen ' defending an independent way of life, looting and striking back against coastal people.From theCambridge English Corpus Here, musical styles are ironic and unpredictable, assumeself-consciouspostures, resist genre definitions, are often difficult to classify.From theCambridge English Corpus According to the different strains of theism, the ultimate reality and highest being is necessarily ontologically independent,self-conscious, and transcendent.From theCambridge English Corpus He tended to be veryself-consciousin registering the effects of his new environment on himself.From theCambridge English Corpus But her key problem here, we are told, is not her assumption that the defeat of horrendous evil requires suchself-consciousbeliefs.From theCambridge English Corpus Proposals which are bland in themselves, however, can assume a quite different dimension when viewed as the expression of aself-consciousmovement.From theCambridge English Corpus The smaller amount of capital may explain some such domestic management of business, but it was also aself-consciousendeavour.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |