one's true/inner self
one's true self 指一个人真实的性格和内心世界，前面常用 true、real、inner 等形容词修饰。
Writing in a diary helps her express her true self.
写日记帮助她表达真实的自我。
自我；本性；性格
selfs — plural of self
私利；个人利益；自我；自我意识；自身；个体；自花授粉苗；单色花；纯色花
A person's essential being or personality; one's typical character.
一个人的个性、性格、举止或性情。
One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
对自身身份的意识
your consciousness of your own identity
一个人对现象的自我体验的主体:感知、情感、思想。
The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
被视为独特个体的人
a person considered as a unique individual
作为自身反思意识对象的个人(复数为selves)。
An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
自我利益或个人优势。
Self-interest or personal advantage.
自花授粉产生的幼苗(复数为selfs)。
A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
颜色均匀而非杂色的花。
A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.
属于自身的任何分子、细胞或组织,与外来(非自身)的分子、细胞或组织相对(例如,感染性、同种异体或异种)。
Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).
After years of traveling, she finally found her true self.
经过多年的旅行，她终于找到了真正的自我。
用法提示：self 作名词，指一个人的真实本性或内在身份。
AI contextual example
Helping a stranger revealed his kinder self.
帮助陌生人展现了他更善良的一面。
用法提示：self 作名词，表示一个人在某种情境下表现出的性格特质。
AI contextual example
Learning from mistakes is part of building a stronger self.
从错误中学习是塑造更坚强的自我的过程。
用法提示：self 作名词，指作为独特个体的个人身份或人格。
AI contextual example
one's true self 指一个人真实的性格和内心世界，前面常用 true、real、inner 等形容词修饰。
Writing in a diary helps her express her true self.
写日记帮助她表达真实的自我。
这一结构多与 be、feel 等系动词连用，描述某人的状态是否恢复正常，也可用否定形式表示与平时不同。
After a good night's sleep, he was his old self again.
睡了一夜好觉之后，他又恢复了原来的样子。
self 的复数形式是 selves，用复数时可指同一个人身上不同的性格侧面或身份。
The novel explores the many selves hidden inside one person.
这部小说探讨了一个人内心隐藏的多个自我。
grammar · medium
易错句子Many people have two different self: one at work and one at home.
正确表达Many people have two different selves: one at work and one at home.
self 表示“自我、个性”时是可数名词，复数用不规则形式 selves；汉语名词没有复数词尾，学习者容易在数词后保留单数 self。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is not afraid to show true self.
正确表达She is not afraid to show her true self.
英语中 self 指“某人的真实自我”时，前面通常需要物主代词或定冠词等限定词；汉语“真实的自我”不带物主代词，所以学习者常漏掉 her。
grammar · medium
易错句子He has no self.
正确表达He has no sense of self.
表示“自我意识/自我认同”时，英语用固定搭配 a sense of self；不能直接把否定词接在 self 前。汉语“没有自我”直译成 no self 不符合这一义项的表达习惯。
自我意识；自我认同感
Volunteering abroad gave him a stronger sense of self.
在海外做志愿者让他有了更强的自我意识。
真实的自我
She felt she could finally be her true self around them.
她觉得在他们面前她终于能做真实的自己。
内在自我；内心
Writing in a journal helps her connect with her inner self.
写日记帮助她与内在自我建立连接。
以前的自己
After the accident, he was a shadow of his former self.
事故之后，他已不再是以前的那个自己了。
平时的自己；通常的自己
He's not his usual self today; something must be wrong.
他今天跟平时不一样，肯定出了什么事。
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私利；个人利益
The politician was accused of acting out of self-interest.
那位政客被指责行事出于私利。