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ego

noun
 
🔊/ˈiːɡəʊ/, 🔊/ˈeɡəʊ/
🔊/ˈiːɡəʊ/
(plural egos)
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  1.  
    your sense of your own value and importance自我价值感
    • He has the biggest ego of anyone I've ever met.他是我见过的最自负的人。🔊🔊
    • Winning the prize really boosted her ego.获得这个奖项大大增强了她的自尊心。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He was lucky to escape with just a bruised ego when he fell off his bike.他从自行车上摔了下来，幸好只是伤了点儿自尊心。
    • It was a huge blow to his ego to find out he was so unpopular.发现自己这么不受欢迎对他的自我价值感是个巨大打击。
    • Professionals need to check their egos and change their techniques.专业人员需要保持谦逊，同时改进技术。
    • She likes to mix with people who flatter her ego.她喜欢和满足她虚荣心的人在一块儿。
    • Unconditional surrender was more than his fragile ego could bear.无条件投降远远超出了他脆弱的自我承受的范围。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • bloated
    • enormous
    • …
    verb + ego
    • have
    • boost
    • feed
    • …
    ego + noun
    • boost
    • gratification
    • trip
    • …
    phrases
    • a blow to somebody’s ego
    • a boost to somebody’s ego
    • check your ego (at the door)
    • …
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  2. (psychology心理) the part of the mind that is responsible for your sense of who you are (= your identity)自我
    • Freud introduced the idea that a part of the ego is unconscious.弗洛伊德创立的理论认为人的自我有一部分是处于无意识状态的。
    • The part of the ego which does the criticizing is the conscience.自我批评的部分是良心。
    3. compare id, superego see also alter ego
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘I’.
Idioms
massage somebody's ego
  1. to say nice things about somebody, often in a way that is not sincere, in order to make them feel better, more confident, more attractive, etc.