self-defense
[,selfdi'fens]
- self-defense (n.)
- 1650s, "act of defending oneself," first attested in Hobbes, from self- + defense. In sports sense, first with reference to fencing (1728), then boxing (1820s).
- 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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