self-reliant

英 [ˌself rɪˈlaɪənt]

美 [ˌself rɪˈlaɪənt]

adj.  自立的; 自力更生的; 自主的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 自立的；自力更生的；自主的
  able to do or decide things by yourself, rather than depending on other people for help

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自主的;自立的;自力更生的
  If you areself-reliant, you are able to do things and make decisions by yourself, without needing other people to help you.
  1. She is intelligent and self-reliant, speaking her mind and not suffering fools gladly.
     她聪慧自立，大胆直言，对蠢人没有耐心。

英英释义

adj

• (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
  Synonym:autonomousself-directed

双语例句

• But now we are self-reliant, and can educate our children.
  现在我们已经可以自力更生了，能够解决子女的教育问题了。
• It's a self-reliant sort of life.
  这是一种自力更生的生活。
• It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA ( Korean People's Army) and people that have wished to have powerful self-reliant defence capability.
  这是一次历史性事件，它鼓舞并满足了朝鲜人民军和朝鲜人民拥有强大、自主的自卫能力的愿望。
• Lone parents have to be self-reliant, resilient and inventive.
  独身的父母必须是自力的、百折不挠的、有创造性的。
• The encouragement of private foreign investment may not be compatible with the desire to be more self-reliant.
  鼓励外国私人投资或许会与争取更多自力更生的愿望相矛盾。
• She liked this self-reliant, self-sufficient, straight-spoken boy.
  她喜欢这个独立自主，自命不凡，说话爽直的男孩。
• American can't be self-reliant until each of its citizens is.
  只有每个公民自力更生，美国人才能自力更生。
• By acquiring literacy, women become more economically self-reliant and more actively engaged in their country's social, political and cultural life.
  通过识字，妇女在经济上变得更加自力更生，更积极地参与自己国家的社会、政治和文化生活。
• If I am physically interdependent, I am self-reliant and capable, but I also realize that you and I working together can accomplish for more than, even at my best, I could accomplish alone.
  如果我在客观环境中互依，我自立更生、颇有能力，但是我也意识到，如果你和我一起做事的话，所取得的成就能比我一个人单枪匹马所取得的要大得多。
• Most of all she learned to be self-reliant.
  最重要的是，她学会了自力更生。