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

• 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。
• Showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence.
  在言行上表现出明智的自制力，特别是谨慎的保持沉默。
• Our military forces are committed to peace and disciplined in self-restraint.
  我们的军事力量完全旨在维护和平，素有自制的训练。
• He appealed to the nation for self-restraint.
  他向全国人民呼吁要自我克制。
• Strengthens the self-restraint, the restrain mutually and the society supervises.
  加强自律、互律和社会监督机制的建设。
• She has been saintly in her self-restraint.
  她一直过着自我节制的圣徒式生活。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint.
  没有判断力、不明智、没有自制力。