self-sufficient

英 [ˌself səˈfɪʃnt]

美 [ˌself səˈfɪʃnt]

adj.  自给自足的; 自立的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 自给自足的；自立的
  able to do or produce everything that you need without the help of other people
  1. The country is totally self-sufficient in food production.
     在粮食生产上，这个国家完全做到了自给自足。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (国家或团体)自给自足的,自立的
  If a country or group isself-sufficient, it is able to produce or make everything that it needs.
  1. This enabled the country to become self-sufficient in sugar...
     这使得该国的食糖能自给自足。
  2. Using traditional methods poor farmers can be virtually self-sufficient.
     采用传统的方法，贫穷的农民基本上能自给自足。
• ADJ-GRADED (人)独立生活的，自立的
  Someone who isself-sufficientis able to live happily without anyone else.
  1. Although she had various boyfriends, Madeleine was, and remains, fiercely self-sufficient...
     尽管有过各种各样的男朋友，马德琳过去和现在一直都非常自立。
  2. He'd created a tiny, self-sufficient world for himself.
     他为自己创造了一个自我满足的小小世界。

英英释义

adj

• able to provide for your own needs without help from others
  1. a self-sufficing economic unit
  Synonym:self-sufficingself-sustaining

双语例句

• Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient, he said.
  许多曾接受国际援助的国家现在已经能够自给自足了。
• He'd created a tiny, self-sufficient world for himself.
  他为自己创造了一个自我满足的小小世界。
• It turned a country that was once self-sufficient into an oil importer.
  这使一个曾经自给自足的国家变成了一个石油进口国。
• Perhaps it is a belief in becoming economically self-sufficient, and in taking control of their own lives.
  也许这是他们成为自给自足经济和掌控他们本人生活的一种信心。
• Today Britain is not only self-sufficient in oil but also has a surplus for export.
  今天英国的石油不仅能自给自足，还有盈余供出口。
• The Swiss are a reserved self-sufficient people.
  瑞士人是一个自给自足，缄默内向的民族。
• My children are famously self-sufficient.
  我的孩子们是出了名地独立。
• In the complex economic world, no country can be completely self-sufficient.
  在复杂的经济世界中，没有一个国家可以完全自给自足。
• We aim to be self-sufficient in fuel within ten years.
  我们的目标是在十年之内实现燃料自给。
• I found myself more confident and self-sufficient, said Yang.
  杨嘉说：我发现自己变得更加自信自立了。