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

• On the one hand, we should raise the ideological and moral quality and ability of self-restraint by strengthening the ideological and moral construction of power;
  一方面通过加强思想道德建设，提高权力者的思想道德素质和自我约束能力；
• Try to exercise a little self-restraint.
  试着锻炼一下自我克制。
• 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。
• The internal education quality views of universities and colleges have great significance for their self-development and self-restraint.
  高校内部教育质量观对高校自我发展、自我约束具有非常重要的意义。
• Such self-restraint will not deter the US authorities.
  这种自制可不会阻拦美国政府。
• 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。
• Without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint.
  没有判断力、不明智、没有自制力。
• Institutionalized Security Cooperation and the Self-restraint of Power
  制度化安全合作与权力的自我约束
• She has been saintly in her self-restraint.
  她一直过着自我节制的圣徒式生活。