self-preservation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The instinctive behavior that protects oneself from harm. uncountable
    — I'm gonna love me, for the rest of my days / Encourage the babies every time they say / Self-preservation is what's really going on today

词源

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