释义 |
Examples:fig. take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit—continue in one's own way (idiom); to ignore advice—put one's own safety before matters of principle—own a controlling number of shares in a company—each sticks his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout—honor old people as we do our own aged parents—inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)—the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time—three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)—fig. people who cannot afford buy their own house—place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it—love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)—lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow inothers' field—honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own—abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people—originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role—an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities—each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life lead—one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults—a goal in a sports match where the player accidentally puts the ball inhis own goal—suffer as a consequence of one's own actions—Go your own way, let others say what they like. (popular modern cliche)—value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth. because it is one's own—choose sth. over another to suit one's own convenience—crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) [idiom.]— |