self
[self] noun
PERSONALITY 个性
IMPROVER countable or uncountable (plural selves)
■the set of someone's characteristics, such as personality and ability, which are not physical and make that person different from other people 本性；自己；自我•The hero of the film finally finds his true self.电影的主角最后找到了真正的自我。 •When I saw them this afternoon they were more like their old/normal selves (= as they were in the past).我今天下午见到他们的时候，他们更像是平时的老样子了。 •a sense of self自我意识
[self] noun
PERSONAL ADVANTAGE 私利
uncountable formal disapproving
■interest only in your own advantage 私利•Her reply was typical of her constant regard for self.她的答覆明显说明她一向只顾私利。
[self] noun
Unto thine own self be true. saying
■This means that you should only do what you think is right. 只做自己认为对的事情。 |