autonomous
/ɔːˈtɒnəməs/adjective
1- (of a country or region) having self-government, at least to a significant degree（国家, 地区）自治的：
the federation included sixteen autonomous republics.
联邦政府包括16个自治共和国。
1.1
- acting independently or having the freedom to do so独立自主的：
school governors are legally autonomous.
校董在法律上是自主的。
1.2
- (in Kantian moral philosophy) acting in accordance with one's moral duty rather than one's desires（康德道德哲学中）自律的, 自制的（按照道德准则而非欲望行事）。比较HETERONOMOUS.
派生词
autonomously
adverb词源
early 19th cent.: from Greek autonomos 'having its own laws' + -OUS.