单词 | self-guided |
释义 | self-guidedadj. 1. a. Acting or operating freely and independently; autonomous. Also: undertaken or carried out without external guidance, supervision, or instruction. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > not influenced by others self-lived1642 self-governed1709 self-guided1733 independent1735 uninfluenced1735 sole1747 go-alone1807 autonomic1810 maverick1886 go-it-alone1895 1733 J. Balguy Law of Truth 24 A Will self-guided, and self-governed, argues the greatest Imperfection, and can only belong to the most arbitrary Agents. 1772 J. Duncan Ess. on Happiness (ed. 2) iv. 175 The new-born bee..with instinctive skill Dives in the freshest blooms, from flow'r to flow'r Self-guided. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. x. 632 Teutonic Christianity, more self-depending, more self-guided, more self wrought out. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 22/1 In her self-guided search for self-improvement, the elder sister went to many church lectures. 1922 Sewanee Rev. 30 66 Macbeth..appears less self-guided than actively benetted by Hell's minions. 1971 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 16 July 3/7 Omaha South High School will abandon..20 minute class sessions and long periods of self-guided study. 2005 J. M. Brucato Creating Learning Environment i. 9 Educational leaders..are success-driven, autonomous, self-guided individuals. b. Originally U.S. Of a sightseeing tour, walk, visit to a tourist attraction, etc.: undertaken without a tour guide. Also: designating an attraction experienced in this way.Used chiefly of experiences in which visitors rely on (officially prepared) signs, printed guides, recorded audio commentaries, etc., to provide them with information and directions. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [adjective] > accompanied by a guide > not guideless1557 pilotless1606 self-guided1940 1940 Chicago Sunday Tribune 9 June (Travel section) iv. 9/4 Self-guided tours of..Fort Laramie..will be possible July 1 with the installation of 60 explanatory, hand carved wooden signs. 1973 Illustr. London News 28 Apr. 60/2 Visitors are encouraged to follow two self-guided trails around the main harbour. 1993 Jrnl. Museum Educ. 18 11/2 The museum has created a self-guided exhibit of Hopkinsville's black history. 2011 E. Albertson Ireland for Dummies iii. xi. 132 The cathedral provides an informative self-guided tour brochure when you enter, or you can take the self-guided audio tour. 2. Of a weapon, esp. a missile: directed to a target by internal equipment. Cf. guided adj. b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > guided or ballistic missile > [adjective] > guided self-guided1927 guided1945 teleguided1963 TOW1972 wire-guided1993 1927 Sun (Baltimore) 16 Jan. 8/1 Modern militarists.., flirting with death-rays, self-guided bombing planes, mortal germ showers, and the like. 1945 Palestine Post 12 Nov. 1/7 General Arnold..predicted..defences employing self-guided missiles. 1964 Financial Times 26 June 5/1 It is a self-guided rocket, equipped with either an electro-magnetic or an infrared radiation guidance system. 1997 Army July 48/3 Superior combat power and tactical mobility [is] offered by the marriage of self-guided weapons and airborne combat vehicles. 2012 G. Stewart in J. ten Brink & J. Oppenheimer Killer Images 122 An aerial surveillance monitor tracking a self-guided missile in the bombing of an Arab neighborhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1733 |
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