释义 |
self-given, a. rare [self- 2.] Emanating or derived from oneself (itself).
1742Young Nt. Th. i. 219 Virtue's sure, Self-given, solar, ray of sound delight. 1751J. Brown Shaftesb. Charac. 123 A self-given and original beauty. 1909R. Kane Sermon of Sea viii. 120 This object of intuitive consciousness must have its moral kind, its spiritual character, its self-given growth in evil or in good. 1934T. S. Eliot Rock ii. 84 Those who prize the serpent's golden eyes, The worshippers, self-given sacrifice of the snake. |