单词 | self-support |
释义 | self-supportn. The action of supporting oneself emotionally, spiritually, etc., or (later esp.) financially, without requiring external assistance; the capacity to support oneself in this way. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > self-sufficiency sufficiencec1384 suffisancea1450 self-sufficiency1598 autarky1617 self-dependencea1620 self-sufficience1623 self-subsistencea1631 self-support1632 self-fullness1668 self-reliance1668 self-dependency1749 self-sustainment1779 self-sustenance1786 self-sufficingness1811 substantiveness1821 self-sustentationa1832 self-containment1841 self-sufficientness1846 self-containing1850 self-supportedness1862 rugged individualism1898 1632 D. Rogers Pract. Catech. ii. 132 Received comfort by the Angels, in the want of self-support. a1684 R. Leighton Serm. (1692) xii. 231 The heart of a man is not sufficient for Self-support, therefore naturally it seeks out some other thing to lean and rest it self on. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 56 The children, not long after they are born, appear possessed of a greater share of self-support. 1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xcvii. 611 Hellenic power and interests become incapable of self-support, and sink into a..subservient position. 1896 Daily News 19 Dec. 8/2 To encourage self-support as far as possible, but not to plant a missionary down in a place, give him no salary [etc.]. 1917 R. Frost Let. 7 Dec. (2014) I. 597 You have given us support, and what is better and harder to give, self-support. 1991 Hist. Workshop Spring 205 Basing women's wages on a (low) assessment of their need for self-support has had significant implications for female citizenship. 2012 Fire Engin. Jan. 97 If self-support is the goal, determine the following. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > dependent > not supporting oneself self-supportlessa1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 186 The self-supportless leaning for all pleasure on another's breast. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1632 |
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