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单词 self-revealing
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Definition of self-revealing in English:

self-revealing

adjective sɛlfrɪˈviːlɪŋ
  • Revealing one's character or motives, especially inadvertently.

    自我揭示的;揭示自我的

    his most intimate and self-revealing book

    他的最能揭示自我内心世界的书。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For the historian, it is hard to assess the ‘beliefs’ of moderately ordinary people who did not leave behind self-revealing personal papers.
    • She was very shy, so though she did write and was known as a very serious critic and journalist, when it came to writing novels which were more self-revealing, she chose to use a pseudonym, a man's name.
    • It represents the most personal and self-revealing name of God.
    • It is known as the dialogue between the Head and the Heart and is perhaps the most self-revealing letter that Jefferson ever wrote.
    • The letters, pictures and illustrations are documents that are self-revealing and transparent.

Derivatives

  • self-revelation

  • noun ˌsɛlfrɛvəˈleɪʃnˌsɛlfˌrɛvəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
    mass noun
    • Disclosure of one's character or motives, especially inadvertently.

      自我揭示的;揭示自我的

      his memoir offered disappointingly few moments of self-revelation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Well, that's enough self-revelation for one night.
      • The issue, of course, is writing as self-revelation.
      • A couple of weeks ago, I had one of those rare moments of self-revelation, like when you catch a fleeting glimpse of an alien creature in the mirror, before realising you're looking at your own reflection.
  • self-revelatory

  • adjective ˌsɛlfrɛvəˈleɪt(ə)riˌsɛlfˈrɛvələˌtɔri
    • Revealing one's character or motives, especially inadvertently.

      自我揭示的;揭示自我的

      self-revelatory personal essays
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The specificity of the language is sometimes necessary because quite often the subjects being discussed are notoriously complicated, frighteningly dangerous and self-revelatory.
      • There were plenty of critics (including Goethe) who had noted the self-revelatory nature of Shakespeare's plays, and whose articles and commentaries could easily have set him right.
      • I don't know that there's much more point to this tale other than the sharing of a self-revelatory bit of observation, the rare act of catching myself doing something and observing the doing simultaneously.

Definition of self-revealing in US English:

self-revealing

adjective
  • Revealing one's character or motives, especially inadvertently.

    自我揭示的;揭示自我的

    his most intimate and self-revealing book

    他的最能揭示自我内心世界的书。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was very shy, so though she did write and was known as a very serious critic and journalist, when it came to writing novels which were more self-revealing, she chose to use a pseudonym, a man's name.
    • For the historian, it is hard to assess the ‘beliefs’ of moderately ordinary people who did not leave behind self-revealing personal papers.
    • It is known as the dialogue between the Head and the Heart and is perhaps the most self-revealing letter that Jefferson ever wrote.
    • The letters, pictures and illustrations are documents that are self-revealing and transparent.
    • It represents the most personal and self-revealing name of God.
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