self
noun uk/self/ us/self/
(PERSONALITY)
C1 [ C or U ] plural selves本性；自己；自我
the set of someone's characteristics, such as personality and ability, that are not physical and make that person different from other people
The hero of the movie finally finds his true self (= discovers what his true personality and feelings are). 电影的主角最终找到了真正的自我。
When I saw them this afternoon they were more like their old/normal selves (= as they were in the past). 我今天下午见到他们的时候，他们更像是平时的老样子了。
a sense of self 自我意识
- More examples
- She's not her customary cheerful self today.
- The Minister was her usual evasive self, skilfully dodging reporters' questions about her possible resignation.
- He seemed ill at ease and not his usual self.
- It was a long time after the accident before he seemed like his former self.
- He wasn't his usual ebullient self.
(PERSONAL ADVANTAGE)
[ U ] formal disapproving私利
interest only in your own advantage
Her reply was typical of her constant regard for self. 她的答复明显说明她一贯只想着私利。
Idiom
unto thine own self be trueidiom saying 只做自己认为对的事情。
used to say that you should only do what you think is right.