self
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT Your self is your basic personality or nature, especially considered in terms of what you are really like as a person. 自身; 本性
You're looking more like your usual self. 你現(xiàn)在看上去更像你平常的樣子了。
2. N-COUNT A person's self is the essential part of their nature which makes them different from everyone and everything else. 個性
I want to explore and get in touch with my inner self. 我想認真探索，了解我內(nèi)在的個性。
The face is the true self visible to others. 面孔是外人能看到的真實自我。
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self /s?lf/ (selves)
劍橋詞典
- She's not her customary cheerful self today.
- The Minister was her usual evasive self, skilfully dodging reporters ' questions about her possible resignation .
- He seemed ill at ease and not his usual self.
- It was a long time after the accident before he seemed like his former self.
- He wasn't his usual ebullient self.
self noun (PERSONALITY)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有復數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ] plural selvesthe set of someone's characteristics , such as personality and ability , that are not physical and make that person different from other people
本性；自己；自我
The hero of the movie finally finds his true self (= discovers what his true personality and feelings are). 電影的主角最終找到了真正的自我。
When I saw them this afternoon they were more like their old /normal selves (= as they were in the past). 我今天下午見到他們的時候，他們更像是平時的老樣子了。
a sense of self 自我意識
例句
self noun (PERSONAL ADVANTAGE)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ] formal disapprovinginterest only in your own advantage
私利
Her reply was typical of her constant regard for self. 她的答復明顯說明她一貫只想著私利。