自主
zì zhǔ
Pinyin
Definition
自主
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- independent
- to act for oneself
- autonomous
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (20)
不敢自专
- 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
- 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
- 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
- 1 self-explanatory
- 2 self-evident (idiom)
任其自然
- 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
- 2 to leave it to nature
- 3 laissez-faire
Sample Sentences
他在每一次喂狗吃肉之前都会响一次铃,狗有肉吃就会流口水,久而久之,狗一听到铃声就知道有肉可吃,就会不自主地流下口水。
He rings the bell every time before feeding the dogs. The dogs drool when there's meat to eat. As time passed by, the dogs would know that there's meat to eat once they heard the bell, and they would drool involuntarily.
两匹马力,三万七千转,一旦启动,这飞刀螺旋一转,叫你想停都停不下来,听见没?稳定美妙的马达声,仿佛到了方程式赛车的赛道旁,让你不由自主想把厨房里、冰箱里、地窖里,所有能找出来的青菜水果全部放进去萃取,只为了吃到生机饮食的精华!
Two horsepower, with 37,000 revolutions a minute. As soon as you turn it on, the blade starts to fly. You won't want to stop, you'll feel compelled to make extracts from all the fruit and vegetables you can find in your kitchen, your refrigerator and your cellar, just so you can taste their vital essence.
这就跟两个国家的法律体系有关了。中国的法律属于大陆法系,也叫成文法。就是说,所有的法律都是通过法律条文一一写出来的。美国的法律体系就完全不一样了。它属于英美法系,也叫案例法。它是根据法官或者陪审团的决议判定的。这样一来,法官就具有比较大的自主权,能根据每个案件的实际情况来裁定。所以美国的法官一般都需要很深的资历。
That has to do with the difference between the two countries' legal systems. Chinese law belongs to the mainland legal system. It's also known as ''statute law." It means that all the laws are written out, one by one. The American legal system is completely different. It belongs to the Anglo-American legal system. It's also called precedent law. It's decided according to judges' or juries' judgments. In this way, the judges' power is relatively great. They can rule according to the actual facts of each case. So American judges generally need a lot of experience.
这只是精酿啤酒跟商业啤酒最明显的表面差异,事实上,精酿啤酒真正的三大特色是,小、自主和传统。
That’s just the most obvious surface difference between craft beer and commercial beer. In fact, the three major characteristics of craft beer are that it’s small, independent and traditional.
是的,拿代理孕母的自主权来说,女性主义者向来希望代孕合法化,她们强调女性身体的完全自主权,她们认为女性无论是出于何种目的,都可以依照自己的主权与想法,作出她自主的选择,包括担任代理孕母。
Yeah, in terms of the power of the surrogates to make decisions about their own lives, feminists have always hoped for the legalization of surrogacy. They emphasize the complete autonomy that women should have in making decisions about their own body. They think that, for whatever objective, women should be able to make their own autonomous choices on the basis of their own thinking, including choosing to be a surrogate mother.
话虽如此,可一般代孕的费用相当昂贵,也就是说即便代理孕母合法化,这个政策也无法照顾到各个阶级的不孕妇女,同时中下阶层的女性因经济需要,选择担任代理孕母,是否也能算是“自主”?
Although you can say that, normally the cost of surrogacy is quite expensive. So even if surrogacy is legalized, this policy would be unable to look after the needs of infertile women from all classes. At the same time, does it really count as "autonomy" when due to economic need, middle and lower class women chose to become surrogates.
此外,英国并非欧元区国家,可以自己发行货币,有利保持其出口竞争力,拥有自主的财政政策。而欧债危机的蔓延,不仅使英国的疑欧之心快速发酵,也加快了脱欧脚步。
In addition, the UK is not part of the Eurozone, so it can issue its own money. This is beneficial in maintaining its competitiveness in exports, as it has autonomy in its financial policy. As the European debt crisis spread, this led Euroscepticism in the UK to ferment at a rapid pace and quickened the pace of Brexit.
嗨,还不是响应国家号召下海经商,自主创业去了。
Hey, I've responded to the government calls to take up trade and set up my own business.
其实我也知道,只是还是不由自主地想要道歉。虽然我每天过着没有空调的生活,真的很憋闷。
In fact, I also know that, just that I still apologize involuntarily. Although I have been without air conditioning every day and it’s really depressing.
不是养老院,是专门的老年康复医院,收治的都是阿兹海默症患者,大多数老人都是不具有自主行为能力的,他们有专业的设施和护理人员。住在那里,可能对你外公的病情更好些。
It’s not a retirement home, it’s a specialist care facility for the elderly, all the patients under treatment there suffer from Alzheimer's, the majority of the elderly people there have no control of their own behaviour, they have specialist facilities and nursing staff. Living there might help your grandfather’s condition.