单词 | self-administered |
释义 | self-administeredadj. 1. Esp. of a drug, poison, etc.: given or administered by a person to himself or herself. ΚΠ 1797 Oracle 26 July Shykinqua, the unfortunate bankrupt, had died, supposed by poison, self-administered. 1808 S. T. Coleridge Let. 10–12 Feb. (1959) III. 63 A Heart swelling with no self-administer'd Poison. 1908 Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 5/3 An overdose of morphia self-administered. 1971 New Scientist 6 May 304/1 Charles Darwin was intrigued by the ineffectiveness of the self-administered tickle. 1991 D. Johnson Resuscitation Hanged Man 44 Weathering a blitz-krieg of self-administered esoteric chemicals. 2016 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 7 Apart from a self-administered dab of lipstick, she never wore make-up. 2. Of an institution, programme, etc.: responsible for its own administration or management; independent, autonomous. In later use usually of a pension scheme: managed or administered by its investors or members. ΚΠ 1878 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Apr. 544/1 It will be a grave misfortune for our generation if..our ancient medical institutions, hitherto self-administered, must abdicate their functions of guiding the education of our youth. 1957 Industr. & Labor Relations Rev. 10 564/2 The New York inquiries bore heavily on self-funded (self-administered) pension programs. 1969 P. Nonet Admin. Justice iii. 42 The Roseberry Act of 1911 committed the founders of workmen's compensation to a self-administered system. 1996 Which? Guide to starting your own Business (new ed.) ix. 150 If your business is set up as a company,..your choice is likely to be between a personal pension plan, executive pension plan or small self-administered scheme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1797 |
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