self-directed

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Directed, independently by oneself without external control or constraint; directed for oneself.
  2. Directed at oneself.
    — I see a lot of self-directed anger on the part of the straight wives: What's wrong with me that I can't keep this man attracted to me? What's wrong with me in the first place for attracting a gay man?

词形变化

more self-directed comparative most self-directed superlative

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Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English directed
English self-directed
From self- + directed.
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