self
柯林斯词典
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. 你现在看上去更像你平常的样子了。
2. N-COUNT A person's self is the essential part of their nature which makes them different from everyone and everything else. 个性
I want to explore and get in touch with my inner self. 我想认真探索，了解我内在的个性。
The face is the true self visible to others. 面孔是外人能看到的真实自我。
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self /sɛlf/ (selves)
剑桥词典
- 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)
[ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] 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). 电影的主角最终找到了真正的自我。
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
例句
self noun (PERSONAL ADVANTAGE)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] formal disapprovinginterest only in your own advantage
私利
Her reply was typical of her constant regard for self. 她的答复明显说明她一贯只想着私利。