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单词 self-destructive
释义
self-destructive
adjective
uk
/ˌself.dɪˈstrʌk.tɪv/us
/ˌself.dɪˈstrʌk.tɪv/
behavingin a way that islikelyto make youfailor beharmedorkilled:
He isrebellious,aggressiveand attimesself-destructive.
Hisleadershipgiftswereoffsetby a self-destructivestreak.
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  • John's early self-destructivebehaviourexactedaterriblepersonalprice.
  • Thisspreewasclearlysomething which wasimpulsiveand self-destructive.
  • This film'sprotagonistis a self-destructivealcoholic.
  • People withbulimiaare often notoverweightbutcaughtin self-destructivecyclesofbingingandpurging.
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  • do more harm than goodidiom
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(Definition ofself-destructivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

self-destructive| American Dictionary

self-destructive
adjective
us
/ˌself·dɪˈstrʌk·tɪv/
(ofbehaviororactions)likelytoharmorkillyou:
Freedomis not anexcusetoindulgein self-destructivebehavior.

self-destruction

noun[U]us
/ˌself·dɪˈstrʌk·ʃən/
Barrymore was abrilliantactorbenton self-destruction.
(Definition ofself-destructivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofself-destructive

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For such a thought, like prayer, is easily contaminated by greed, obsessions, fears andself-destructiveimpulses.
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The total score gives a global level of impulsive andself-destructivebehaviors.
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We consider the strife that has been mounting among bioethicists to be amoral, destructive, andself-destructive.
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As such, the dynamism of the regime and itsself-destructiveessence could be said to have been inseparable.
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The more the hegemonic authority attempts to impose, the more vulnerable it becomes, to the point of beingself-destructive.
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This is kind ofself-destructivein a way.
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Productive outcomes include good health, positive relationships, and high self-esteem, whereas adverse outcomes include poor health, incarceration, andself-destructivebehavior.
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One can conclude that this type of approach is less than intelligent and finallyself-destructive.
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Itsself-destructivecapacity was unmistakeable, its eventual demise certain.
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At the individual level one can do one's best to make the patients more aware of theirself-destructivetendencies.
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In the first illustration of this problem, an accident victim persisted inself-destructiveand confrontational behavior.
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In addition to dating violence, future work should include other "self-destructive" outcomes related to trauma symptoms.
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They have claimed that most of the policy they recommend would cost individuals mainly their excess wealth and opportunities to engage inself-destructivebehavior.
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The upshot of this is an analysis of freedom as created freedom where ' the only absolute beginning available to human willing isself-destructive' (92).
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Counterbleeding andself-destructivefeeding are both examples of overapplication opacity and both involve what appears on the surface to be unmotivated process application or gratuitous faithfulness violation.
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