self-conscious
英 ['self'kɔnʃəs]
美
英文詞源
- self-conscious (adj.)
- 1680s, "aware of one's action," a word of the English Enlightenment (Locke was using it by 1690), from self- + conscious. Morbid sense of "preoccupied with one's own personality" is attested from 1834 (in J.S. Mill). Related: Self-consciously; self-consciousness.
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. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
- 她抑製著心中的自憐，將滿腔的憐憫之情都傾注在了他的身上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He won the election because the Democrats self-destructed in their primary.
- 民主黨在初選中自毀長城，所以才讓他贏得了選舉。
來自柯林斯例句