self-respecting

英 [ˌself rɪˈspektɪŋ]

美 [ˌself rɪˈspektɪŋ]

adj.  有自尊心的

牛津词典

adj.

• 有自尊心的
  having pride in yourself because you believe that what you do is right and good
  1. No self-respecting journalist would ever work for that newspaper.
     凡有自尊心的记者都不会为那家报纸工作。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 地道的，典型的(一类人)
  You can useself-respectingwith a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
  1. He died as any self-respecting gangster should — in a hail of bullets...
     他死于乱枪之下——匪徒典型的最终下场。
  2. No self-respecting gourmet would travel in France without the Michelin red guide.
     任何地道的美食家游览法国时都会带着一本红皮的《米其林指南》。

英英释义

adj

• having or showing self-esteem
  Synonym:dignifiedself-respectful

双语例句

• Be not deceived gentle reader, not self-respecting writer cares a two-penny damn for you.
  别受骗，高雅的读者，任何一个有尊严的作家都不会关心你那区区两便士。
• Like any self-respecting super-hero, the Incredible Popeman has a battery of special equipment.
  就像其他自尊的超级英雄一样，神奇的教皇大侠也有一整套特殊装备，除了黄色斗篷和绿色操守裤以外，他还持一根“信念手杖”，其顶部有个十字架。
• Sabrina: No self-respecting waitress would take it.
  有自尊的女服务生不会接受。
• Their refusal to defer to humans like other domestic animals, which seemed wickedly insubordinate in earlier centuries, is now taken as evidence of self-respecting independence.
  猫与其它家养动物不同的与人类保持距离的个性，从前被认为是邪恶和不服从，但现在已被广泛作为独立和自尊的象征。
• What self-respecting drug dealer cuts his cocaine with potassium cyanide?
  哪种自信的药贩子会用氰化钾来切可卡因呢？
• Self-respecting CEOs now change their vehicles almost as often as drug dealers and are also aping the hustler's taste in bling-and in lawlessness.
  自视甚高的CEO们如今几乎就和毒品贩子一样频繁地更换汽车，还模仿他们嗜好贵重珠宝和目无法纪的作风。
• Mary has no idea how to bring up her children to be independent and self-respecting; she waits on them hand and foot.
  玛丽不知道如何教育她的孩子独立自尊。凡事都是她自己替他们做了。
• No self-respecting lawyer would offer less.
  自重的律师都会开这个价。
• Any self-respecting person will rise against unjust treatment.
  任何有自尊的人都会起来反抗不公正的待遇。
• No, he thought, no self-respecting man would do that!
  范博文觉得那就是太不把自己当一个人！