self-preservation
英 [ˌself prezəˈveɪʃn]
美 [ˌself prezərˈveɪʃn]
n. 自我保存; 自我保护
牛津词典
noun
- 自我保存；自我保护
the fact of protecting yourself in a dangerous or difficult situation- She was held back by some sense of self-preservation.
一种自我保护意识使她没有贸然行动。
- She was held back by some sense of self-preservation.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 自我保全;自我保护
Self-preservationis the action of keeping yourself safe or alive in a dangerous situation, often without thinking about what you are doing.- The police have the same human urge for self-preservation as the rest of us.
警察和我们其他人一样，都有自我保护的人类本能。
- The police have the same human urge for self-preservation as the rest of us.
英英释义
noun
- preservation of yourself from harm
双语例句
- Rufus: Telling a woman you like her clothes isn't lying. It's self-preservation.
鲁弗斯：告诉女人你喜欢她的着装不是说谎，而是自保。 - The purpose of the former is self-preservation, of the latter the destruction of the enemy.
前者为了保存自己，后者为了消灭敌人。 - Black oozes do not appear concerned with self-preservation, and some theorize they cannot feel pain.
黑色淤泥似乎并不关心自我保护，一些人认为它们无法感觉到疼痛。 - Global tie-ups are the future, but should not distract from self-preservation.
全球化联盟是未来形势所趋，但不应该分散对自我防卫的关注。 - In recruiting an agent or 'asset,' we were asking him to ignore the instinct of self-preservation, to break the laws of his own country ─ to become a traitor.
在招募特工或线人时，我们要求他要无视保全自我的本能，要违反自己国家的法律&做一名叛国者。 - This can destabilize the marriage: When his mother and his wife are battling, a man's self-preservation instinct tells him to hide.
而这可能会破坏婚姻的稳定：当母亲和妻子开战，男人自我保护的本能会告诉他能躲多远是多远。 - But neither justice nor self-preservation demands that we kill men whom we have already imprisoned.
但是无论正义还是自我保护都没有要求我们处死已被监禁的囚犯。 - In a situation like that, every instinct pushes us towards self-preservation.
在那样的情境下，每一种本都会推动我们进行自我保护。 - The police have the same human urge for self-preservation as the rest of us.
警察和我们其他人一样，都有自我保护的人类本能。 - It may seem cruel, but the goal is nothing short of self-preservation& survival.
shortof这里指除了什么以外，即除了自保也就是生存之外任何都不是目的。