self-control

self-control 指控制自己的欲望和冲动的能力，也可表示主动控制自己或某个事物。

💡 记忆钩子

把冲动想成一匹想要冲出去的马，self-control 就是握住缰绳：作为名词，它是握缰绳的能力；作为动词，它是实际把自己或事物控制住。

📝 学习建议

先记住名词义“自制力”，再掌握动词义“控制自己或某物”；不要只把它理解成一般的“控制”。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 自制力

📖 指人在想立刻满足欲望或冲动时，仍能握住“缰绳”、控制自己的能力。

💡 常用 “have self-control” 表示有自制力，用 “show self-control” 表示表现出自制力，用 “lose one’s self-control” 表示失去控制。它通常作不可数名词，前面不直接加 “a”；说具体表现时可改用其他表示行为的名词。

uncountable usually

She showed great self-control and waited until dinner.

她表现出很强的自制力，一直等到晚饭才吃。

It takes self-control to save money instead of spending it all.

要把钱存下来而不是全部花掉，需要自制力。

self-controls plural

verb

core 控制自己；自我控制

📖 指实际握住冲动的“缰绳”，让自己或某个反应保持在可控制的状态。

💡 说控制自己时用 “self-control oneself”，说控制具体对象时用 “self-control + 宾语”，如情绪或反应；也可以不带宾语，表示控制住自己。使用时要根据上下文判断它是动作还是名词概念，不要在动词前再加表示“自己”的多余成分。

intransitive transitive

He self-controlled his anger during the meeting.

开会时，他控制住了自己的怒气。

self-controls present,singular,third-person self-controlling participle,present self-controlled participle,past self-controlled past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 2 组

the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

同义词集: self-denial self-discipline self-control

上位: control 下位: abstinence

the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

同义词集: self-control self-possession possession willpower will power self-command self-will

上位: firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve 下位: nerves

🌳 词源

由 self（自己）和 control（控制）组成。

Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English control English self-control From self- + control.

🔄 变式

self-controlled past self-controlling present self-controls plural

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