personal independence 同义词:autonomy, self-direction, self-sufficiency,
Self-Reliance is an essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas.
例句与用法
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One must not go to extreme in applying the principle of self-reliance . 不要把自力更生绝对化。
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Self-reliance is sneered at as an absurd suburban pretension . 依靠自己被讥笑为一种荒唐的偏狭的见解。
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Self-confidence and self-reliance are the mainstays of a strong character . 自信与自力是坚强品格的柱石。
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They survived by developing self-reliance to an extraordinary degree . 他们所以能够活下去,完全靠的是自力更生。
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Independence does not mean shutting the door on the world , nor does self-reliance mean blind opposition to everything foreign . 独立自主不是闭关自守,自力更生不是盲目排外。
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He had developed a kind of self-reliance and smoothness of address such as one would scarcely have credited him with three years before . 他就养成了一切凭自己,不依靠别人的品质和说话的才干,3年前,人家才不会说他具备了这些东西呢。