self-containment
noun [ U ] uk/ˌself.kənˈteɪn.mənt/ us/ˌself.kənˈteɪn.mənt/
(人的)独立品质
the quality of not needing the friendship or support of other people
He has a quality of icy self-containment. 他冷漠而独立。
自足,自给自足,完备
the quality of being complete and having everything that is needed
The whole place has an aura of self-containment. 整个地方都充满了自我封闭的气息。
See: self-contained
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- He had an air of self-containment , bordering on contentment.
- The caravan's romantic vision of self-containment, self-sufficiency and mobility was the lure for Deam.
- Francis King's short stories are seamlessly crafted with a perfect self-containment and compactness.
- she had always been taught to believe that self-containment was only selfishness.
- Her self-containment could be uncomfortable and was always uncompromising.