释义 |
Examples:make a name for oneself —act for oneself and suffer the consequence—claim credit for oneself—the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself—think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative—enter oneself for an examination—selfishly concerned with gaining advantages for oneself—offer oneself for an assignment—keep everything for oneself—seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others—sacrifice oneself for one's country—lit. prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill; to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action—seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others—sacrifice oneself for love—sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group—turn oneself in (for a crime)—wear oneself out for the general good—lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself [idiom.]—not daring act for oneself [idiom.]—abandon self for others (idiom); to sacrifice oneself to help the people—(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy—fig. attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it— |