soul-searching
英 [ˈsəʊl sɜːtʃɪŋ]
美 [ˈsoʊl sɜːrtʃɪŋ]
n. 反省; 内省
牛津词典
noun
- 反省;内省
the careful examination of your thoughts and feelings, for example in order to reach the correct decision or solution to sth
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 自我剖析;深刻反省
Soul-searchingis a long and careful examination of your thoughts and feelings, especially when you are trying to make a difficult moral decision or thinking about something that has gone wrong.- My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life.
这一年来,我真的进行了许多深刻的反思,努力地找出自己的生活中到底哪里出了问题。
- My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life.
英英释义
noun
- a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
双语例句
- Moments of great tragedy often elicit national soul-searching.
重大悲剧常常引起全国性的反思。 - These mistakes have led to some soul-searching in the profession.
这些失误已在行内引发了一些深刻反省。 - I do not regard my own confusion as an indictment of modern macroeconomics, but I am struck by the soul-searching that has gripped the profession in the face of the economic crisis.
我不会把自己的困惑当作对现代宏观经济学的指控,但这门学科在面对经济危机之际所突显的自省,令我惊叹不已。 - After much soul-searching I decided to break off my engagement.
经过长时间的自我反省后,我决定解除我的婚约。 - In fact, encounters with others will produce real soul-searching.
事实上,和别人的交往会给你带来深思。 - This isn't the first time that China has done some soul-searching about familial love last year China Daily asked a cross-section of people if they said 'I love you' to their parents, spouses, and children.
这不是中国第一次做关于亲情方面的自省去年《中国日报》就各个阶层的人进行了采访,询问他们是否对父母、爱人和孩子说过我爱你。 - After many hours of soul-searching, he decided to admit his guilt.
反思了好多小时后,他决定承认自己的罪行。 - And when I did some serious soul-searching.
当我严肃地自我反省。 - Apart from its ritual function of saying farewell to college life, a graduation trip now also serves as a form of escapism and soul-searching for graduates.
除了作为告别大学生活的仪式外,如今的毕业旅行也成了毕业生逃离现实追寻自我的途径之一。 - And I was soul-searching, I was like, why is she suddenly gone, and there are fleas here?
我搜肠刮肚的想,她怎么能突然没了呢,跳蚤们却还在这儿。