having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"
例句与用法
1.
He was a self-made man: an example of what may be accomplished by cunning and selfishness . 他是一个白手起家的人:一个依靠狡猾和自私而名利双收的典型。
2.
I get self-made men in their 40s and 50s who have never studied a foreign language and are desperate . 我收到了一些年纪在四十和五十的靠个人奋斗而获得成功的人,他们从来没学过一门外语,因而感到悲观失望。
3.
He represented himself as a hard-working, self-made small businessman victimized by mindless, bullying bureaucracy . 他把自己说成是一个勤勤恳恳、自食其力的小商人,深受冷酷无情、扶强欺弱的官僚机构所害。