self-preservation
英 ['self,prezə'veiʃən]
美
- n. 自卫本能，自我保护；自我保存
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Hobbes has ingeniously demonstrated an obligation, grounded solely in self preservation, to submit absolute sovereign.
- 霍布斯天才地论证了一种惟一立基于自我保全而服从于主权者的义务.
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