self-made是什么意思
英文词源
- self-made (adj.)
- 1610s, "made by oneself," from self- + made. Self-made man first recorded 1832, American English; the sense is "having attained material success in life without extraneous advantages."
实用例句
- 1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
- 他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
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- 2. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
- 在卢克母亲审视的目光下，我感到极不自在。
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- 3. She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman.
- 如今她已经变成一个快乐、自信的女人。
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- 4. He is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- 他因开枪自残受伤正在接受治疗。
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- 5. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
- 她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。
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