| 释义 | 
		self-helpˌself-ˈhelp noun [uncountable]    - self-help books
 - a self-help group
 
 - He is aware that what he is involved in now is nothing less than Thatcherite self-help.
 - His career suggests that he was capable of combining a sense of duty with an urge to self-help.
 - It transforms the police officer from an investigator and enforcer into a catalyst in a process of community self-help.
 - Organised self-help groups also rely on the beneficial effects of talking and discussion.
 - There was a great deal of communal self-help in the Engineering School.
 - There would be no point n even Samuel Smiles's self-help, if all is actually governed by invariable law.
 - Today she runs her own New Age self-help business, Kismet, employing four staff.
 - With a stronger private sector, a more vital ethic of self-help might also emerge.
 
   ► self-help books  a shelf of self-help books ► self-help group  a self-help group for single parents   the use of your own efforts to deal with your problems, instead of depending on other people:   a shelf of self-help books  Our program emphasizes self-help.  a self-help group for single parents  |