单词 | self-helper |
释义 | > as lemmasself-ˈhelper self-ˈhelper n. a person who achieves something, or provides for himself or herself, with little or no assistance from others; a person who practises self-help. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > self-sufficiency > one who is self-sufficient substantive1589 self-supporter1614 self-helper1661 self-sufficient1665 1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio i. 42 They are self-Taylors, and self-helpers too. 1891 G. B. Shaw Quintessence of Ibsenism ii. 34 No one ever feels helpless by the side of the self-helper. 1976 W. Goldman Magic iii. vii. 165 ‘How come you have all these same kind of books?’.. ‘That's my self-help collection. I'm an addict.’.. ‘Why're you such a self-helper?’ 2010 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Sunday Life section) 13 I've kind of had it with the grand motivational theories and the excursions to Indian ashrams by indulged self-helpers. < as lemmas |
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