- [countable, usually singular]
the type of person you are, especially the way you normally behave, look or feel （自己的）通常的行爲方式，本來面目，慣常心態 You'll soon be feeling your old self again (= feeling well or happy again). 你很快就會恢複原樣的。 He's not his usual happy self this morning. 今天早上，他不像平素那樣樂呵呵的。 Only with a few people could she be her real self (= show what she was really like rather than what she pretended to be). 只有和某幾個人在一起時，她才能表現出真實的自我。 his private/professional self (= how he behaves at home/work) 他在家裏／上班時的樣子
Extra ExamplesHe's his usual cheerful self again. 他又恢複了他慣常的樂天性格。 She knew that with a holiday he would be back to his former self. 她知道，如果能有一次休假，他就可以恢複往日的豐采。 Her private and public selves were vastly different. 她在私下裏和在公衆面前的樣子完全不同。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- whole
- real
- true
- …
- reveal
- discover
- find
- …
- a loss of self
- a sense of self
- a shadow of your former self
- …
- [uncountable] (also the self [singular])(formal)
a person’s personality or character that makes them different from other people 個性；自我 Many people living in institutions have lost their sense of self (= the feeling that they are individual people). 許多生活在福利院裏的人已經失去了個性意識。 the inner self (= a person’s emotional and spiritual character) 内心的思想感情 a lack of confidence in the self 缺乏自信
Extra ExamplesHe was afraid to reveal his innermost self. 他不敢暴露自己内心的情感。 a book about reaching for one's better self 一本關於追求人性真善美的書 a movie about a boy who falls in love and finds his true self in the process 一部關於墜入愛河的男孩在戀愛中發現自我的影片 He argues that there has been an increased focus on the self. 他認爲人們越來越關注自我。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- whole
- real
- true
- …
- reveal
- discover
- find
- …
- a loss of self
- a sense of self
- a shadow of your former self
- …
- [uncountable] (formal)
your own advantage or pleasure rather than that of other people 個人利益；一己的享樂；私心 - [countable]
used to refer to a person （指一個人）自己，本人
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zelf and German selbe. Early use was emphatic, expressing the sense ‘(I) myself’, ‘(he) himself’, etc.
Idioms
be a shadow/ghost of your former self
to not have the strength, influence, etc. that you used to have 失去昔日的力量（或影響等）；威風不再；不如當年 When his career ended, he became a shadow of his former self. 當他的職業生涯結束時，他變成了以前的自己的影子。