self-restraint

英 [ˌself rɪˈstreɪnt]

美 [ˌself rɪˈstreɪnt]

n.  自我克制

复数：self-restraints　

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牛津词典

noun

• 自我克制
  the ability to stop yourself doing or saying sth that you want to because you know it is better not to
  1. She exercised all her self-restraint and kept quiet.
     她好不容易才忍住没说话。

柯林斯词典

• 自我克制;自我约束
  If you showself-restraint, you do not do something even though you would like to do it, because you think it would be better not to.

英英释义

noun

• exhibiting restraint imposed on the self
  1. an effective temperateness in debate
  Synonym:temperateness

双语例句

• History has hardly been dominated by the benign spirits of co-operation, foresight and self-restraint.
  历史很少受到合作、远见和自我克制等良好精神的主导。
• Mutual dependence, common destiny, homogeneity, self-restraint is four major variables of European identity.
  相互依存、共同命运、同质性、自我约束是建构欧洲认同的四个主变量。
• They rely on other people's decency and self-restraint to sustain their psychological dominance.
  他们依靠别人的礼貌、别人的自我约束来维持自己的心理优越。
• It erodes self-awareness and self-restraint, and fosters self-indulgence.
  它降低了自知之明，消磨了自制力，让人变得放纵。
• Give me chastity and self-restraint, but do not give it yet.
  给我贞节和自抑，但不要现在就给。
• Self-restraint and shame are not what is holding us back from liberation.
  所以，没有自己的约束跟修持的时候，会把我们系缚在生死轮回中无法解脱。
• Such self-restraint will not deter the US authorities.
  这种自制可不会阻拦美国政府。
• You would compare them, I said, to those invalids who, having no self-restraint.
  我说，和那些没有自制，不能接触放纵恶习的人相比。
• Fifth, I think I have a stronger ability to exercise self-restraint.
  第五，我觉得我有较强的自我克制能力。
• Try to exercise a little self-restraint.
  试着锻炼一下自我克制。