self-made

英 ['self'meid]美

adj. 自制的；自力更生的；自造的

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."

双语例句

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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