- a feeling of being proud of yourself and that what you do, say, etc. is right and good自尊（心）
- Despite poverty and appalling conditions, these people still manage to keep their dignity and self-respect.虽然面对贫穷和恶劣条件，这些人仍然设法保持自己的尊严和自尊。
Extra Examples- He chose to resign to keep his self-respect.为了保持自尊他决定辞职。
- She has little self-respect.她没什么自尊。
- You can't help but feel sorry for a man who has clearly lost all self-respect.你不禁要为一个自尊尽失的男人感到惋惜。
- Any man with self-respect wouldn't tolerate such treatment.任何有自尊心的人都不会容忍这种待遇。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + self-respectSee full entry