self-respect
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌself-reˈspect noun [uncountable] PRIDE/SELF-RESPECTa feeling of being happy about your character, abilities, and beliefs 自尊 → self-esteem It’s difficult to keep your self-respect when you have been unemployed for a long time. 你长时间失业就很难维持自尊。
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self-respect• Serious illness often results in a loss of confidence and self-respect.• Poetry, popular culture and self-respect.• Her pride and self-respect demanded it.• Tom's job teaching young kids gives him pride and self-respect.• Soon after the brouhaha, San Diegans' civic self-respect could soar.• You have to have a little dignity and a little self-respect.• Obviously, self-respect was not the same as disrespect.• It was where physical prowess was under constant assessment and where a boy's self-respect could be built up or crushed.• Yet its impact in allowing ordinary retired workers some self-respect was enormous.• Those who retained sufficient self-respect and sense of responsibility to think of the future were filled with the deepest apprehension.ˌself-reˈspect nounChineseSyllable
feeling happy of a character, your Corpus about and being abilities,
self-respect
ˌself-reˈspect
noun [uncountable]
a feeling of being happy about your character, abilities, and beliefs ⇨ self-esteem:
It’s difficult to keep your self-respect when you have been unemployed for a long time.
ˌself-reˈspect
noun [uncountable]a feeling of being happy about your character, abilities, and beliefs ⇨ self-esteem: