your sense of your own value and importance 自我价值感 He has the biggest ego of anyone I've ever met. 他是我见过的最自负的人。 Winning the prize really boosted her ego. 获得这个奖项大大增强了她的自尊心。
Extra ExamplesHe was lucky to escape with just a bruised ego when he fell off his bike. 他从自行车上摔了下来，幸好只是伤了点儿自尊心。 It was a huge blow to his ego to find out he was so unpopular. 发现自己这么不受欢迎对他的自我价值感是个巨大打击。 Professionals need to check their egos and change their techniques. 专业人员需要保持谦逊，同时改进技术。 She likes to mix with people who flatter her ego. 她喜欢和满足她虚荣心的人在一块儿。 Unconditional surrender was more than his fragile ego could bear. 无条件投降超出了他脆弱的自我所能承受的范围。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- gratification
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- a blow to somebody’s ego
- a boost to somebody’s ego
- check your ego (at the door)
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psychology 心理 the part of the mind that is responsible for your sense of who you are (= your identity) 自我 Freud introduced the idea that a part of the ego is unconscious. 弗洛伊德创立的理论认为人的自我有一部分是处于无意识状态的。 The part of the ego which does the criticizing is the conscience. 自我进行批判的部分是良心。
compare id, superego see also alter ego
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘I’.
Idioms
massage somebody's ego
to say nice things about somebody, often in a way that is not sincere, in order to make them feel better, more confident, more attractive, etc. 自我： 常常以一种不真诚的方式对某人说些好话，以使他们感觉更好，更自信，更有吸引力等。