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单词 self-sufficient
释义 self-sufficient
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: translation of Greek autarkēs
1.
 a.
  (1) : able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid : capable of providing for one's or its own needs : self-supporting
   < organisms are not self-sufficient, closed systems — Weston LaBarre >
   < a rich town, prosperous, clean, self-contained and self-sufficient — Arnold Bennett >
  (2) : economically independent : not dependent on imports from other countries or regions : autarkic
 b. : sufficient in or to itself : self-contained
  < these are not essays, it seems, independent and self-sufficient, but fragments broken off from some larger book — Virginia Woolf >
2. : having an extreme confidence in one's own ability or worth : haughty, overbearing
 < felt self-sufficient … he acted superior and everyone around the place could hardly stand him — W.J.Reilly >
self-sufficientness \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
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