the careful examination of your own thoughts, feelings and reasons for behaving in a particular way 内省;反省 These situations are best resolved with the minimum of introspection or self-analysis. 这些情况最好通过最少的自省或自我分析来解决。 You can’t always get to a real understanding of your own psychology through introspection alone. 光靠自省是无法真正了解自己的心理的。
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin introspect- ‘looked into’, from the verb introspicere, or from introspectare ‘keep looking into’.