self-preservation

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌself-preserˈvation noun [uncountable]  PROTECTprotection of yourself and your own life in a threatening or dangerous situation 自我保存，自我保护 the instinct for self-preservation 自我保护的本能

Examples from the Corpus

self-preservation• Politics and self-preservation must come first, never mind the majority of the people.• Otherwise a decreasing fraction of the flow would be turbulent, and, for example, self-preservation could not occur.• More generally, the instinctive drive for self-preservation led to the emergence of a range of public and governmental institutions.• But his adaptability did not apply to his tenets, merely to his instinct for self-preservation.• What seems to motivate Congress is self-preservation - a desire to get re-elected.• There is a feeling of self-preservation here; for what shuts out happiness for some does so for me and mine.• It was a matter of self-preservation.• But I also joined out of self-preservation.• Thoughts around Salomon Brothers turned away from the greater glory of the firm and focused on self-preservation.

ˌself-preserˈvation nounChineseSyllable  

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self-preservation
ˌself-preserˈvation noun [uncountable]
protection of yourself and your own life in a threatening or dangerous situation:
    the instinct for self-preservation

self-preser·va·tionBrE /ˌself prezəˈveɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌself prezərˈveɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the fact of protecting yourself in a dangerous or difficult situation 自我保存；自我保护◆She was held back by some sense of self-preservation. 一种自我保护意识使她没有贸然行动。🔊🔊