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

• They inure themselves to a lifetime of self-restraint.
  他们使自己习惯于终身的自我克制。
• Nearly always, good writing is the product of self-restraint, narrow concentration and obsessiveness.
  几乎总是这样，好的文字是自我克制、全神贯注和执著的产物。
• 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。
• He appealed to the nation for self-restraint.
  他向全国人民呼吁要自我克制。
• Institutionalized Security Cooperation and the Self-restraint of Power
  制度化安全合作与权力的自我约束
• Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint.
  以谨慎、虚心和聪明的自制力为特点。
• 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。
• Objective To discuss the self-restraint water pocket in the nasal sinuses endoscope postoperative and the effect of stanching bleeding.
  目的探讨自制水囊在内镜鼻窦手术后窦腔的填塞止血效果。
• 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。
• 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。