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单词 self-controlled
释义
self-controlˌself-conˈtrol noun [uncountable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • In school, his problems with self-control led to academic difficulties.
  • The German team showed amazing self-control throughout the game.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He kissed them away while Luce silently struggled for self-control.
  • He looked calm and cold, full of self-control.
  • Her deep sense of outrage helped her to self-control.
  • In the eyes of good practitioners self-control allows them to find a path around conflict.
  • Such questions are distasteful for a fastidious cleric who thinks of sexuality as a loss of self-control.
  • We find that they don't have self-control.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto control your feelings
if you control yourself or control your feelings, you continue to behave calmly and sensibly and do not become too angry, excited, or upset: control yourself/himself etc: · She was really annoying me, but I managed to control myself and not say anything.control your temper: · I wish he'd learn to control his temper.
the ability to behave calmly and sensibly and not become too angry, excited, or upset, even when you have a good reason to: · The German team showed amazing self-control throughout the game.
to manage to stay calm and not become angry, especially when someone is trying to make you angry: · I knew they were trying to annoy me but I was determined to keep my temper.· Police officers are expected to keep their tempers whatever people say to them.· It took all her patience just to keep her temper.
the ability to make yourself work hard, take a lot of exercise, not eat the wrong foods etc because you know it is good for you to do so: · I don't know if I've enough self-discipline to work full-time and go to night school.· We try to teach the children self-reliance and self-discipline.
to stop yourself doing or saying something, especially something that might have a harmful result: · I was tempted to stay for another drink, but in the end I restrained myself and went home.restrain yourself from: · So far I have managed to restrain myself from phoning up to complain.
to suddenly start to control yourself after you have been very sad or upset and make yourself feel better again: · You've been in this mood for days now -- I wish you'd snap out of it.· He's so depressed. He doesn't seem able to snap out of it at all.
spoken say this when you want someone to stop behaving in a very emotional way, especially when they are so frightened or upset that they cannot control the way they are behaving: · Come on, calm down, get a grip on yourself.· Occasionally Georgie would find Tommy crying, and he'd tell him to get a grip on himself.
spoken say this when you want someone to stop behaving emotionally, especially when you are a little annoyed or embarrassed at the way they are behaving: · Pull yourself together. It's ridiculous to get upset about such a silly little thing.· His father was not one to hand out sympathy, but would simply tell him to "pull himself together".
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· If people are committed to objectives, they will exercise self-direction and self-control. 3.· But if they can not exercise self-control, they should marry.
the ability to behave calmly and sensibly even when you feel very excited, angry etcself-controlled adjective
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