soul-searching

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsəʊlsəːtʃɪŋ/    美 /ˈsoʊlˌsəɹtʃɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Probing introspection; a critical consideration of one's conscience; also, an instance of such consideration. countable,uncountable
    — After much soul-searching I decided to confess.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of soul-search form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Involving probing introspection, or a critical consideration of one's conscience, especially motives and values.
    — Fortune had showered upon him gifts unlooked for; had enabled him, had he been blessed with prudence, to keep the path where he could have been free from ostentatious obligation, on the one hand, and soul searching mortification on the other: but, like an improvident spendthrift, he had lavished away in the fever of indiscretion, the gifts she had bestowed with so liberal a hand; […]

词形变化

more soul-searching comparative most soul-searching superlative soul searching alternative soulsearching alternative soul-searchings plural soul searching alternative soulsearching alternative soul searching alternative soulsearching alternative

词源

词源 1
From soul + searching; the noun is derived from the adjective.
词源 2
From soul + searching; the noun is derived from the adjective.
词源 3
From soul + searching; the noun is derived from the adjective.
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