self-defense

• n. 自卫；正当防卫；自卫权

self-,自己的，自身的，defense,防卫。

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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