单词	self-esteem
释义	self-esteemˌself-esˈteem noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Getting a job did a lot for her self-esteem. Losing the job was a real blow to his self-esteem. Sports should build a child's self-esteem, not damage it. The program is designed to help children from broken families build their self-esteem. When I started seeing my therapist, I was suffering from very low self-esteem. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But they also point to the benefits of meaningful work in building self-esteem. Don't overdo it though - the flipside of stress is boredom, stagnation and low self-esteem. He had a robust self-esteem, even though this was a blow, and he needed financially to continue working. Other facets of self-esteem may be poor, but are not necessarily so. People who live on the streets lose self-esteem. The key, once again, is that when we choose to act with self-esteem, we begin to feel self-esteem. The undermining of self-esteem may lead to assumptions about the reactions of others that are unjustified. What happened that season turned out to be a story about the struggle for self-esteem, equity and respect. Thesaurus THESAURUS► confidence the feeling that you have the ability to do things well, and to not make mistakes or be nervous in new situations: · You need patience and confidence to be a good teacher.have the confidence to do something: · ‘We have the confidence to beat Brazil,’ said Sampson.· After the accident it took a long time before she had the confidence to get back in a car again.full of confidence (=very confident): · I went into the test full of confidence, but it was more difficult than I had imagined. ► self-confidence a strong belief that you can do things well and that other people will like you, which means you behave confidently in most situations: · He’s new in the job but he has plenty of self-confidence.· Studies show that girls tend to lose some of their self-confidence in their teenage years.· Students who get some kind of work experience develop greater self-confidence and better communication skills. ► morale the level of confidence, satisfaction, and hope that people feel, especially a group of people who work together: low/high morale: · Morale among the soldiers has been low.keep up morale (=keep it at a high level): · They sang songs to keep up their morale until the rescuers arrived. ► assurance/self-assurance a feeling of calm confidence in your own abilities, especially because you have a lot of experience: · She envied the older woman’s assurance.· Danby spoke to the committee with the self-assurance of an expert. ► self-esteem the feeling that you are someone who deserves to be liked and respected: · Getting a job did a lot for her self-esteem.· Sports should build a child’s self-esteem, not damage it. Longman Language Activatora confident feeling► confidence the feeling that you have the ability to do things well, and to not make mistakes or be nervous in new situations: · You need patience and confidence to be a good teacher.have the confidence to do something: · "We have the confidence to beat Brazil," said Sampson.· After the accident it took a long time before she had the confidence to get back in a car again.full of confidence (=very confident): · I went into the test full of confidence, but it was more difficult than I had imagined. ► self-confidence a strong belief that you can do things well and that other people will like you, which means you behave confidently in most situations: · He's new in the job but he has plenty of self-confidence.· Studies show that girls tend to lose some of their self-confidence in their teenage years.· Students who get some kind of work experience develop greater self-confidence and better communication skills. ► morale the level of confidence, satisfaction, and hope that people feel, especially a group of people who work together: low/high morale: · Morale among the soldiers has been low.keep up morale (=keep it at a high level): · They sang songs to keep up their morale until the rescuers arrived. ► assurance/self-assurance a feeling of calm confidence in your own abilities, especially because you have a lot of experience: · She envied the older woman's assurance.· Danby spoke to the committee with the self-assurance of an expert. ► belief in yourself confidence in your own abilities, value, and judgment, which makes it likely that you will be successful at something: · You must have belief in yourself if you want to make it as an actor.· To acquire that level of skill requires years of training and an unfailing belief in yourself. ► self-esteem the feeling that you are someone who deserves to be liked and respected: · Getting a job did a lot for her self-esteem.· Sports should build a child's self-esteem, not damage it. a feeling of respect for yourself► self-respect a feeling of respect and confidence in yourself and in your abilities: · It is difficult to keep your self-respect when you have been unemployed for a long time· Serious illness often results in a loss of confidence and self-respect. ► self-esteem the feeling that you are someone who deserves to be liked, respected, and admired: · The program is designed to help children from broken families build their self-esteem.low/high self-esteem (=a bad or good feeling about yourself): · When I started seeing my therapist, I was suffering from very low self-esteem. ► dignity the ability to behave in a calm way that shows that you respect yourself, even in difficult situations: do something with dignity: · Very sick people should be allowed to die with dignity.lose your dignity: · She lost her home and all her money, but she never lost her dignity. ► pride the feeling that you deserve to be respected by other people - use this especially when this feeling is so strong that someone finds it difficult to admit they need help or that they are wrong: · He has too much pride to say he's sorry.· Her pride would not allow her to ask for help.hurt somebody's pride: · We don't like failing - it hurts our pride. ► dignified behaving in a calm way, even in a difficult situation, so that other people respect and admire you: · She was a quiet, dignified old lady.· Jo listened to their criticisms in dignified silence. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► raise/build (up)/boost somebody’s self-esteem  Playing a sport can boost a girl’s self-esteem. students’ sense of self-esteem ► low/poor self-esteem (=not much self-esteem) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► high · Horses with the highest self-esteem are likely to be found at the top of their pecking order.· Some researchers suggest that boys seem to have higher self-esteem because they hide their insecurities behind bragging.· The horse that is high in self-esteem is also likely to be high in aggression.· Four women in five feel they have a more positive self-image and higher self-esteem, too.· If depression is related to heart disease, then high levels of self-esteem might well have the converse effect.· This combination of higher self-esteem and greater safety created a powerful impetus toward greater intimacy.· The vulnerability factors are argued to contribute to low self-esteem, or, as protective factors, to high self-esteem.· A system which is openly and avowedly inferior does not encourage those who participate in it to have a high self-esteem. ► low · It doesn't take away the low self-esteem.· Abusers are often suspicious and jealous, suffer from low self-esteem and need to assert themselves.· Don't overdo it though - the flipside of stress is boredom, stagnation and low self-esteem.· Battered women are often depressed, anxiety-ridden, suffering from low self-esteem or displaying a countenance of helplessness.· The vulnerability factors are argued to contribute to low self-esteem, or, as protective factors, to high self-esteem.· The result invariably was to raise prices and lower national self-esteem.· The importance of loss and low self-esteem to depression has been accepted by many.· We are feeling out of control, and then saying the cause is low self-esteem. ► poor · They tend to aggravate rather than improve the poor self-esteem, poor individual coping skills and poor emotional maturity in the primary sufferer.· Work-inhibited students have poor academic self-esteem.· Parents and educators invariably note poor self-esteem as a central characteristic of work-inhibited students.· Frequently the behaviors associated with dependency are also associated with poor self-esteem.· Work-inhibited students express their poor self-esteem in many ways.· Guilt, shame, and poor self-esteem are part of the emotional baggage of work-inhibited boys.· In addition, work-inhibited students had comparatively poor self-esteem as it relates to family.· These products are powerful reinforcers that improve the poor self-esteem of work-inhibited students. VERB► build · They gave examples of how some of their attempts at building up self-esteem seemed to have worked.· But they also point to the benefits of meaningful work in building self-esteem.· To build your self-esteem set yourself targets, and if you achieve them you can reward yourself with a treat.· Competition, winning, and losing are all skills that build self-esteem.· We use the techniques to build up our self-esteem and self-image. the feeling of being satisfied with your own abilities, and that you deserve to be liked or respected → self-respectraise/build (up)/boost somebody’s self-esteem Playing a sport can boost a girl’s self-esteem. students’ sense of self-esteemlow/poor self-esteem (=not much self-esteem)
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